A riot in a prison northeast of Nashville has been contained, the sheriff says, and all prisoners returned to their cells ...

Guards deployed gas as inmates tried to destroy facility property, compromising security cameras, setting fires and refusing ...

A murderous dad serving a life sentence for burning his 2-year-old daughter alive 26 years ago died of lung cancer in his ...

Nadya Tolokonnikova calls the two-week residency at the Museum of Contemporary Art her first durational performance ...

As North Carolina officials look to reduce their use of solitary confinement, several mentally ill inmates have killed themselves in solitary cells, the Charlotte Observer found.

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Inmates at a Missouri prison have filed a lawsuit claiming they're suffering from life-threatening extreme heat in their un-air-conditioned cells during ... to purchase one small, personal fan ...

On June 11, 1962, three prisoners escaped from the notorious Alcatraz prison, a former US military base located on a small island off the coast of San Francisco.

And Friday in federal court, Chantilly's Candice Rose Martinez — the infamous "cell-phone bandit" — learned the price she'll pay is 12 years in prison ... Speaking in a small voice, tears ...

It mentions that cells for prisoners with life sentences are damp and prisoners ask to be housed in normal conditions. It also highlighted problems with transportation to and from the prison for ...