When a very hot news spreads out on the net, commented and quoted by ordinary people there is a high possibility of exaggeration, underestimation, and even misinformation. But, is finding an error in some of the sources a good excuse to deny the whole issue?

Even after a Supreme Court ruling, thousands of minors are still locked up -- and may never end up leaving.

A death row prisoner who has been medically diagnosed as “mentally retarded” and therefore exempt from execution is set to die on Tuesday in Texas, a state that rejects scientific consensus and instead applies its own definition of learning difficulties based on a character in a John Steinbeck novel.

Get ready for Occupy Fourth of July in the cradle of liberty.

As the 30th anniversary of the federal Access to Information Act approaches, Canada finds itself tied for 51st in the world on a list of freedom-of-information rankings, languishing behind Angola, Colombia and Niger.

The Eighth Amendment prohibits the "cruel and unusual punishment" of inmates. So how will the Bureau of Prisons defend itself at Supermax?

Ali Hasan says he was just playing in the street when he was arrested. He was 'forced' to confess and was detained in jail

Thrill-seeking tourists of all ages brave West Bank shooting range to be taught by settlers how to shoot terrorists

The population of aging and elderly prisoners in U.S. prisons exploded over the past three decades, with nearly 125,000 inmates aged 55 or older now behind bars, according to a report published Wednesday by the American Civil Liberties Union. This represents an increase of over 1,300 percent since the early 1980s.

Longstanding problems in the Oakland Police Department led to a botched response to Occupy Wall Street protests last year, according to the findings of an independent review of the events conducted at the city's request and released on Thursday.