The WA Prison Officers Union says several guards were injured when inmates escaped from accommodation units at an outback ...

Since being released from prison, Ty Mathis' mission has been to help people not to follow in his old footsteps.

Inspector issues urgent notification over mice and cockroach infested HMP Pentonville after staff monitoring suicidal inmates ...

Farmer v. Brennan is one of the most cited Supreme Court cases of all time. Few people know just how revolutionary Dee Farmer ...

Authorities found Tulsiram Shende hanging near a window close to the storeroom of the painting department behind Barrack No. 4 in the small circular cell block of the prison. The jail authorities ...

The system's use of constant transfers is short-sighted. It teaches us that we don’t have to take care of our communities.

From cell phones to drugs, contraband is slipping through the cracks of our correctional facilities. What does the latest ...

Bryan Kohberger, who admitted to the killings of four University of Idaho students, could be serve his sentence at a prison ...

German authorities have arrested a Libyan war crimes suspect accused of being a senior official at a notorious prison where inmates were routinely tortured and sometimes sexually abused, the ...

A man once held in the same jail cell as Jeffrey Epstein argued there is “just no way” the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender died by suicide in the cell in 2019. “I spent seven ...

When Laramie County Sheriff Brian Kozak took office in 2022, he said one of his friend’s sons was in custody at the jail.

Gaps in detention standards for immigrants lead to inconsistent practices and poor conditions, watchdog groups say.