Three jail staff members have been suspended pending the investigation. The sheriff has not said if the civilian monitoring ...

Jessie’s death is yet another reminder of the dangerous conditions inside Ontario’s provincial jails. Overcrowded, ...

Saddington, 29, was given a suspended sentence last week for the bizarre plot to have a baby with an 'extremely dangerous' ...

Virginia Commonwealth University will start renting out the Siegel Center for concerts and events in an effort to generate ...

Culley, 18, may find herself locked away in Georgia's 'Prison No.5' - a facility described by international watchdogs as overcrowded, crumbling and 'an affront to a civilised society' ...

Tracy Boateng was arrested after colleagues found footage on her body-worn camera of her posing for a selfie with Vincent Ojo ...

The prison, likely to be completed in two years, will have 256 cells to house as many inmates -- the high-security structure ...

One brother remains on the run while the other has been furloughed following an alleged conspiracy to deliver marijuana to ...

FLAVIO BRIATORE is back in charge of a Formula One team, 16 years after he was handed a “lifetime ban” from one of the motorsport’s most infamous scandals. The Italian has taken ...

Michigan women prisoners were recorded by guards' body cameras while they underwent strip searches, according to a lawsuit ...

Spivey plead guilty to possession with intent to manufacture, sell, and deliver a schedule II controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance on prison/jail premises, conspiracy to possess ...

Between 1909 and 1911, prisoners themselves helped construct a new prison building. Alcatraz became a federal penitentiary in 1934, intended for the “worst of the worst” prisoners—those who ...