Nine defendants were on trial on charges related to the July 4 attack on the Prairieland ICE detention center in North Texas.

Several inmates at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Gunnison have been charged with attempted murder for “ganging up” on and attacking a fellow inmate.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – At The New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe in 1980 was one of the most violent prison riots in U.S. history. Resulting in 33 deaths and many more injuries, this riot ...

The death of an incarcerated man at California State Prison, Sacramento is being investigated as a homicide, with both the victim and his cellmate originally received into state custody from Los ...

Twenty-three inmates escaped and one guard was killed after armed men stormed a prison in the Mexican resort town of Puerto Vallarta, which has been under siege by cartel members since drug lord ...

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SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Workers and inmates at Coastal State Prison are reporting what they call a human rights crisis, echoing findings from a federal investigation into Georgia’s prison system. A ...

A former Northern California prison lieutenant was arrested Monday on federal charges accusing him of smuggling contraband into a state prison in exchange for about $100,000 from an inmate, federal ...

Three inmates at California State Prison in the Antelope Valley have been placed in restrictive housing after a fourth inmate died, officials with the California Department of Corrections and ...

Marylynn Roper is standing by in Santa Fe to anchor our coverage of the first anniversary of the penitentiary riot that occurred exactly 1 year ago today. The event, of course, shocked all of America ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A groundbreaking documentary, conceived, filmed and produced entirely by inmates at the Utah State Prison, is giving the public an unprecedented look at life behind bars. The film ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation is investigating an inmate homicide that occured at Salinas Valley State Prison on Thursday. Staff were alerted around 6:15 a.m. when they ...