France plans to construct a high-security prison in French Guiana by 2028, targeting drug kingpins and Islamist radicals.

Federal monitors warned last year that Sheriff Susan Hutson wasn’t properly segregating high-risk violent inmates and that ...

Al Capone, George "Machine Gun" Kelly, James "Whitey" Bulger, and the "Birdman of Alcatraz" all served time at the ...

At Alcatraz, Hopkins had some infamous neighbours. The facility housed many violent criminals over its 30 years - Al Capone; ...

Located on a lonely island in the middle of San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz was as much a psychological prison as it was a ...

The US president has ordered the "most ruthless criminals" to be imprisoned in this prison, which has been closed since 1963 ...

The island fortress off San Francisco – mythologised as “inescapable” – has been closed for more than 60 years. It was shut ...

President Donald Trump says he is directing the government to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison that ...

Prisoner ‘held under terrorism laws’ attacked and punched staff member in separate incident at high-security jail ...

A prison officer’s throat has been slashed by an inmate using an improvised weapon inside a high-security jail. The incident ...

A prison officer has had their throat slashed by an inmate using an improvised weapon in one of three new attacks in high-security jails. The 'specialist' officer was attacked at HMP Woodhill ...

A PRISON guard has had their throat slashed by an inmate in the latest incident of growing violence behind bars. The staff member was attacked at HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes, according to the ...