High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top. By Brian HoweyMukta Joshi ...

A prison interview with a man incarcerated seven times reveals how identity loss, emotional survival, and social ...

Johnathan Jevon Joseph; Keith Eli; Joseph Allen Harrington. A manhunt is underway for an escaped inmate after he and two other inmates removed concrete blocks from a wall to escape from a Louisiana ...

Two French prisoners escaped from jail after sawing through the bars of their cells and using bedsheets to get out of the facility, a prosecutor said Thursday. Guards noticed the break-out shortly ...

Lieutenant Thomas Conrad was standing in a control room in Nashville’s new central jail when he noticed something off with one of the key rings hanging on the wall. It was midday on December 30, 2019, ...

Four female inmates from a Goodyear prison were hospitalized Sunday morning after suffering seizures. The exact cause of the seizures was from illicit drug use, according to the ADCRR. An additional ...

Hundreds of prisoners are expected to be released early under proposals to ease overcrowding in Scotland's jails. Justice Secretary Angela Constance said the move would help lower Scotland's prison ...