Maine is one of the few states to let incarcerated people work remote jobs for outside companies. 45 prisoners have already ...

Police are searching for a man who escaped from a Louisiana jail by allegedly throwing cleaning supplies in an officer's face.

High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of ...

William Tulenko said he is guilty to killing James Howze, who was an inmate at the Charlotte Correctional Institution.

After a series of in-custody deaths, the Sheriff’s Office is piloting smartwatch-style biometric devices to alert staff when ...

After the video went viral, Karnataka Home Minister announced the transfer of the Prison Chief Superintendent, adding that ...

Four small liquor bottles are visible in the clip. In the background, a few inmates are seen dancing to the sound of banging ...

An escaped inmate from a correctional facility in Bozeman was taken back into custody Halloween evening in Hardin.

Francisco Garcia had nothing to lose. Convicted of attempted murder and other crimes, a life in prison loomed. Authorities ...

Brahim Kaddour-Cherif was spotted by a member of the public in north London today after being freed in error on 29 October.

As an ex-jail guard, I’m astounded how easy it is for inmates to walk out of prison… - COMMENT: …but Ava Vidal, a stand-up ...

A manhunt has been launched after a foreign inmate was released from jail by mistake. The 24-year-old Algerian man was ...