If ever there was a synagogue that’s earned the right to throw itself a birthday shindig, it’s this elegant and intriguing ...

During a sailing along Norway's coast with Hurtigruten, Rick Jordan tastes all the ways the cruise line is harnessing the ...

At a prison nestled deep in Bulgaria's southern Rhodope mountains, Georgi Filyanov stirs a large tank of curdling milk to ...

At the check-in window, the guard explained that I really did have to go put my phone and purse back in the car, but bring my ID and then I could sign in and have lunch. Finally signed in, I clipped ...

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed a new two-year budget in the early morning hours Thursday in a race against ...

THE recent exposure of a convicted armed robber, Haruna Ayo, caught processing travel documents at a Lagos passport office, starkly illustrates the deep rot within Nigeria’s correctional service ...

Most people come out of prison with high hopes of making it on the outside, but the obstacles they face are almost ...

BEIRUT (AP) — Sayeh Seydal, a jailed Iranian dissident, narrowly escaped death when Israeli missiles struck Tehran’s Evin ...

In this vision, safety isn’t produced by punishment—it’s nurtured through equity. Nowhere is this vision clearer than in how abolitionists contrast the U.S. prison system with models ...

Norway: At Bastøy, a low-security "open prison," the inmates prepare their own breakfast and dinner with their earned wages of 6 euros a day, reported by The Guardian.

Bastøy prison in Norway, home to 115 inmates, is known as the world's nicest prison due to its laid-back vibes. Located on a small island, the prison is more community than prison.

The beautification project launched at the prison where the Menendez brothers have been housed for six years is called “Green Space” and borrows from the Norwegian penal system, which is ...