Prisons can be dangerous places for inmates and not always for the reasons you might expect. Over the last five years, tens ...

In a justice system that’s ‘designed to blame rather than prevent’, men behind bars are being given a second chance through a ...

An inmate in a federal Florida prison was killed after being attacked by another inmate. Prison employees saw Steven Hernandez, 38, be assaulted Jan. 23 by another inmate at FCI Marianna ...

John Kennedy Javier Sebastian had been one of 10,000 inmates at Lima's Lurigancho prison — Peru's most crowded, and built to hold 2,500. On Monday night, he escaped from his cell, "bypassed ...

A transgender inmate in Indiana convicted of reckless homicide of a baby is suing President Donald Trump over alleged sexual assaults caused by the president's "transphobic" and "extremist ...

We often see each other more than we see our own families. Likewise, prison inmates lose two years of life expectancy for each year spent behind bars. Nearly all have experienced severe trauma ...

A unanimous Fayette County Commission voted to enter into a contract with U.S. Marshals to house federal inmates at the ...

A Salinas Valley State Prison inmate has been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of a fellow inmate, per Monterey County District Attorney Jeannine M. Pacioni. Jaime Demicio Romero ...

The Superintendent also addressed the inherent risks within prison environments, stating: “Wherever there are two human beings, irrespective to it being, you know, two inmates, husband and wife ...

Prisoners were involved in a protest on a wing at Salford's troubled Forest Bank prison which was 'peacefully resolved', managers have confirmed. The drama involved some inmates climbing 'at height' ...

an inmate serving 16 life sentences and linked to a 2004 prison hostage crisis allegedly inflicted fatal injuries on three fellow inmates at the Arizona State Prison Complex in Tucson.