A housing unit at the Nebraska State Penitentiary was placed under tighter control Saturday after two separate incidents involving multiple inmates, a corrections official said.

WALLA WALLA — It’s 6:40 a.m. at the Washington State Penitentiary. Men are starting to wake up. Certain sounds come alive. “Man, you hear them toilets flushing up there?” Demar Nelson asks ...

Fourteen years after the last death sentence was carried out in Washington, the execution chamber at the state penitentiary in Walla Walla was officially closed in a ceremony. Gov. Jay Inslee, who ...

SIOUX FALLS, SD (KELO) — A new men’s prison proposed for a rural section of Lincoln County would serve as a replacement for most of the State Penitentiary that now sits in Sioux Falls. The ...

Inmates' relatives embrace outside the Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Nov. 12, 2024, after a fight among inmates left more than a dozen dead.

The Federal Bureau of Prisons tells KFDM News a fight at the Beaumont penitentiary has injured four prisoners.Guards spotted ...

The Venezuelan government invited journalists to tour the Tocoron Penitentiary Center in Aragua state on Saturday – days after security forces reclaimed control of a prison that has spent many ...

LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (KCTV) - A fire at the United States Penitentiary in Leavenworth led to significant damage to the facility’s laundry operations. The fire occurred at approximately 3:50 p.m. on ...

Venezuelan authorities declared victory last year after several operations to retake control of prisons in the hands of gang leaders known as pranes, but violence and a humanitarian crisis in the ...

Eastern State Penitentiary ranked second on list of haunted hotspots 00:38. PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- One local landmark has been named one of the world's most haunted destinations.

Tocorón Penitentiary Center has been under the control of the Tren de Aragua gang for years. @NicolasMaduro /X “Now we prepare for the second phase of the Cacique Guaicaipuro Liberation Operation.

Inmates' relatives embrace outside the Litoral Penitentiary in the coastal city of Guayaquil, Ecuador, on Nov. 12, 2024, after a fight among inmates left more than a dozen dead.