An inmate has been removed from general population following an investigation involving contraband inside the Cherokee County ...

Disturbing reports of discomfort, dehumanisation, sickness, hunger, deprivation, torture and death have continued to emanate from correctional centres nationwide ...

After a nearly 20-year career at the Berks County Jail, Warden Jeffrey Smith has made the decision to step away.

North Carolina legislators on Tuesday said criminal suspects who might need psychiatric treatment should undergo mental ...

It was one of the toughest decisions Jeffrey Smith has had to make. He had a job he loved, one he felt was important and that he was good at doing. He felt he was making a difference, that he was ...

The prison on Alcatraz Island wasn't called 'The Rock' for nothing. (National Park Service) When I teach the Civil War, I ...

Dalvinder Singh Jagpal, an Indian national detained in Havana's largest maximum-security facility, the Combinado del Este, ...

Jacob Bastiaans, described as having a long criminal history, faces 13 charges including drug trafficking and auto theft ...

Looking for creepy places in Missouri that become truly terrifying after sunset? These 6 haunted spots offer nighttime scares ...

Correctional officers are accused of aiding and abetting in the smuggling of dangerous contraband to inmates, the South ...

Gov. Kay Ivey has established a time frame for the execution of death row inmate Jeffery Lee following an order from the ...

PRETORIA-(MaraviPost)-Economic Freedom Fighters President Julius Malema has escaped prison after he was sentenced to a ...