Discussions about how a government's policies affect health often focus on health ministries or agencies responsible for ...

Syrian community leaders are choosing a parliament tasked with overhauling the country’s laws and setting a new constitution.

While the planet continues to warm, conditions in prisons, and specifically in solitary confinement, continue to worsen.

Louisiana has made the monumental decision to house Immigration Customs and Enforcement detainees at Angola Prison.

Congress is now tasked with finalizing the budget ahead of the new fiscal year, which begins Oct. 1. In July, the Senate rejected the White House’s proposed cuts and instead advanced a modest increase ...

Legal experts say the process could be strengthened by creating a statewide unit with more independence, as some other states ...