A jailbreak at a prison in northern Haiti led to a lockdown on the streets of the coastal city of Port-de-Paix, as ...

During the incident, two inmates rushed to attack a third. Though the men ultimately never harmed the third inmate and proceeded to get down on the ground as ordered, one guard threw a tear gas ...

A judge ordered jurors Friday to keep deliberating after they said they were deadlocked in a lawsuit alleging a Virginia-based military contractor is liable for abuses suffered by inmates at the ...

More than 100 inmates escaped from a Nigerian prison near Abuja due to heavy rains destroying parts of the facility. The overnight downpour destroyed the perimeter fence of the medium-security ...

Twenty-two correctional officers at Nagoya Prison abused three inmates hundreds of times through violence and hateful language from November 2021 to August this year, according to sources ...

A federal jury has found Daggett County liable for abuses some former inmates say they suffered while incarcerated there. After deliberating several days, the jury handed down a split verdict.

A string quartet plays the music of today’s newest emerging composers: incarcerated individuals. A small group of inmates at ...

Six inmates at a New York state prison will be allowed to watch next week's solar eclipse after they sued the corrections department following its decision to lock down facilities during the rare ...

A prison where seven inmates died in just over two months will see more deaths ... Half of prisoners find it easy to get drugs Concerns over prison guard and inmate, court told G4S said it had a ...

He held a press conference at the Law Enforcement Center in Sioux Falls to announce charges against 11 inmates stemming from ... the disagreement between the guard and the inmate,” he said.

A unique book club at one of the nation's largest jails brings together college students and inmates. Their recent meeting at Cook County Jail was to discuss “Dead Man Walking,” a book writing ...