The seven Newport News City Jail inmates who escaped from their cells last week did so in an effort to be disorderly — they ...

In San Diego’s largest jail, some detainees spend out-of-cell time in small, cage-like enclosures Critics say the enclosures constitute a form of solitary confinement that exacerbates mental ...

Criminal gangs are using 'sophisticated' drones to drop enough drugs to 'destabilise' jails, a scathing new report has revealed.

"My Dad is 57 and was in and out of prison for years. He still eats with his hand clutched around the utensil and hovers his ...

Protesters detained for participating in the peaceful July 2021 protests in Cuba have been subject to serious abuses in ...

A violent “transgender” male prisoner was quietly transferred back to a men’s prison in June, years after he was accused ...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol returned to a solitary jail cell after a court approved a warrant sought by ...

Exclusive: Liverpool's former academy prodigy reveals how he went from budding football star to convicted cocaine conspirator ...

The Old Brunswick County Jail, built in 1904, opened as a museum in 2005 and is celebrating its 20th anniversary. Originally ...

Staff at Barwon Prison extinguished a fire in a prisoner’s cell on Saturday afternoon.

During her long trial, Erin Patterson was forced to sleep in a concrete cell that was not only bitterly cold but also deafeningly loud. Now she's facing life in prison.

Parry-Jones from Borras Hall Lane, Llan Pwll, Wrexham, appeared at Chester Crown Court on June 2 to be sentenced after pleading guilty to dangerous driving, driving while disqualified, driving without ...