How feasible the president’s plan to revive the historic maximum security penitentiary might be is a matter of some debate ...

American jail and prison escapes have long captured the public imagination, blending real danger with elements of ingenuity, ...

We take a look at some of history’s most shocking prison escapes, including Yoshie Shiratori who dug out with a miso soup ...

The ingenious plot by Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin in 1962 probably stands as the nation’s most famous ...

Trump, ever in search of sadistic pleasures, wants his own CECOT-like prison to intern what he calls America’s “most vicious ...

"Looks like an inside job." It's a little-known (if apocryphal) bylaw of the Writers Guild of America that this trusty line of dialogue must appear in every Hollywood production containing a jailbreak ...

My 13th day in “the hole” has been an eye opener. This is the first time I’ve experienced it after 28 years in federal prison ...

A former FBI agent who spent 10 years hunting fugitives says employees of the Orleans Parish Jail almost certainly knew about ...

According to former FBI supervisory special agent, the 10 violent criminals who escaped from a New Orleans jail last Friday ...

The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is heading up an inquiry into two inmate deaths that occurred last week ...

President Trump recently announced his intention to reopen the island of Alcatraz as a revamped, modern prison under the ...

The sprawling site is in disrepair, with peeling paint and rusting locks and cell bars. Signs reading “Area closed for your ...