As Donald Trump prepares to make good on his promise to deport possibly millions of undocumented immigrants, the private prison industry appears poised to cash in.

The notorious director of a brutal Iranian jail escaped just before airstrikes, after Israeli sources contacted his son with a warning: have your father open the prison doors, or he will be targeted.

Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty.

The Supreme Court announced it will take up the case of a devout Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved by Louisiana prison guards.

A California congressman on Friday said the director of the federal Bureau of Prisons told him that the BOP has no plans to turn the empty FCI Dublin facility into an ICE detention center.

LONDON — Two men who stole a $6.4-million golden toilet from an English mansion were sentenced Friday to more than two years in prison.

Detroit Tigers fans are upset over the often empty premium seats behind home plate at Comerica Park. The seats are part of the new Home Plate Club, offering access to high-end amenities, but the ...

A man who protested the death of George Floyd is headed to federal prison, five years later, after throwing a barricade at a police officer in May 2020.

A South Dakota task force narrowed down potential locations for a new men's prison to two sites, one near Mitchell and one near Worthing. The task force rejected the original proposed site in ...

Unrest in a prison northeast of Nashville has been contained, the sheriff says, and all prisoners returned to their cells after officers sprayed chemical agents into the prison yard.

At Princess Eugenie’s royal wedding, one empty seat caught everyone’s attention — but it’s not what you think.