"During the retreat I heard a call from God to do my part," writes Daryl Grigsby. "I am not a chaplain or a religious sister.

DUBLIN, Calif. — Behind a closed chapel office door inside a federal women’s prison in California, a chaplain forced inmates seeking his spiritual guidance to have sex with him — exploiting their ...

Pope Francis decided to open for the first time in history a Holy Door in the Italian prison of Rebibbia during the Jubilee of Hope, a gesture that the prisoners welcomed as a sign of mercy, closeness ...

Tamer Mohsen carried his Koran through the metal detector of this medium-security prison outside of Richmond, raising his arms to be patted down by a guard. When the inspection ended, Mohsen walked a ...

Inmate Carolyn Arnett approached a pastor at the all-women's McPherson Unit prison with something she wanted to get off her mind. Arnett, serving life in prison for her role in a killing in Greene ...

Joshua Dubler shows up at a maximum-security prison as a budding ethnographer. He becomes a man captured by friendships. Gangs excel at finding the lost, adopting them and sending them out. Therefore, ...