Inmates, some wearing jumpsuits but most in tank tops and shorts, their faces covered by masks improvised with pieces of ...

Guatemalan security forces were working to take back control of three prisons on Saturday after rioting inmates took at least ...

Officials say 46 workers are being held, with gang members behind the riots seeking better conditions.

Minnesota’s first Earned Living Units are reshaping life inside the state prison, even as a budget deal puts the facility on ...

"Despite what this prison does to me, it's the cats that make me want to be a better person." ...

The killings occurred a day after gang member inmates took 46 people hostage in three prisons across the country, officials ...

The Federal Bureau of Prisons has a poor track record of medical care. A recent OIG report details the cruel treatment of one inmate that led to his early death.

Authorities in Guatemala accused gangs of killing eight police on Sunday in retaliation for the government's refusal to ...

ALBANY, N.Y. – A new bill introduced in the New York State Assembly would allow incarcerated individuals over age 62 who have ...

A prosecutor has told a jury that a prison guard should be convicted of manslaughter for failing to intervene in the brutal beating of an inmate by other guards. Former ...

A jury has convicted Paul Chavez Ramirez, 61, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison in Soledad, of possessing a weapon.

Guatemala's president on Sunday declared a 30-day nationwide state of emergency to combat criminal gangs after authorities accused the groups of killing eight police officers and holding hostages at t ...