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Norway's Halden Prison is a model for a different way to approach incarceration, says psychiatrist Christine Montross. "The living quarters essentially look like a new and clean youth hostel," she says.

Psychiatrist: America's 'Extremely Punitive' Prisons Make Mental Illness Worse

Dr. Christine Montross says people with serious mental illnesses in the U.S. are far more likely to be incarcerated than to be treated in a psychiatric hospital. Her new book is Waiting for an Echo.

Cameron Bertrand hugs LaShana Hicks at a memorial for those killed in a fatal shooting Wednesday at a Walmart Supercenter in Chesapeake, Va.

Here's what we know about the victims from the Virginia Walmart shooting

Six people lost their lives after a gunman opened fire at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Va., on Wednesday.

Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooter Nikolas Cruz enters the courtroom for a sentencing hearing Tuesday at the Broward County Courthouse.

At an emotional hearing, the Parkland shooter is formally sentenced to life in prison

After a jury recommended the sentence, the judge could not change it. But she did allow victims and families to speak directly to Nikolas Cruz for the first time to express their anger and grief.

Victims of the Colorado LGBTQ club shooting include 2 bartenders and 3 patrons

Details are coming out about the weekend shooting that killed five people at an LGBTQ nightclub in Colorado Springs. Officials stress the probe is ongoing — including into the shooter's motivation.

Why lasers could help utilities make the electrical grids greener

With thousands of renewable projects waiting to connect to the grid, some tech companies have quicker solutions than new transmission lines.

This photo provided by Kawena Alo-Kaonohi shows a view looking down into Kahakuloa village in Wailuku, Hawaii, on Jan. 18, 2020. The village was the scene of a brutal attack in 2014.

Two Native Hawaiians get prison in a crime that exposed the state's racial complexity

The victim, who was brutally attacked after he tried to move into their remote village on Maui, wouldn't have been beaten if he wasn't white, a U.S. judge said in sentencing two men for a hate crime.

Why lasers could help utilities make the electrical grids greener

With thousands of renewable projects waiting to connect to the grid, some tech companies have quicker solutions than new transmission lines.

Peter Manfredonia was sentenced to 55 years in prison for killing two people, injuring another, holding a man hostage and kidnapping a woman in 2020.

College student who killed a man with sword sentenced twice to 55 years in prison

Two courts issued separate prison sentences to a man who attacked two people with a samurai sword, fatally shot a former classmate, kidnapped a woman and led police on a six-day manhunt in 2020.

3 people are charged after making off with a statue of a velociraptor

A security guard at a South Dakota science center noticed three people walking off with the statue. Video helped police track the suspected bandits back to their apartment.

The Unwritten Rules Of Prison

When someone is sent to prison for the first time, how do they figure out all the little dos and don'ts?

Biden's executive order makes it harder for Americans to invest in Chinese technology

President Biden signed an executive order Wednesday restricting U.S. investment into Chinese technology. The new rules make it harder for Americans to invest in quantum computing and semiconductors.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and others in Congress to ask for more aid for his country's war against Russia.

Zelenskyy is making a last-ditch push to get more U.S. weapons and aid for Ukraine

President Biden has asked Congress for billions more in help for Ukraine in its fight against Russia. But Republicans have made it contingent on major changes in U.S. border policy.

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