History's most notorious and deadliest detention centers are ranked and examined based on their exceptionally brutal ...

An Oscar nomination almost feels like an afterthought, according to the directors of “The Alabama Solution.” The critically acclaimed film is up for best documentary feature at the 98th Annual Academy ...

Three activists — Robert Earl Council, Melvin Ray and Raoul Poole — featured in the Oscar-nominated documentary The Alabama Solution were placed in solitary confinement last month in what advocates ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — On April 21, 1930, Easter Monday, a fire tore through the Ohio State Penitentiary, killing 322 inmates and injuring about 130 others. Investigators later determined the blaze was ...

When Hollywood’s stars walk the red carpet for the 98 th Academy Awards tonight, one nominee will not be a love story or epic drama but the tragedy repeated daily inside Alabama’s overcrowded prisons.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nearly a century ago, the deadliest prison fire in U.S. history unfolded in Columbus on the site where the Arena District was ...

Nearly a century ago, the deadliest prison fire in U.S. history unfolded in Columbus on the site where the Arena District was ...