A prison with "dangerous levels of violence" which created a "sense of despair" has been placed under emergency measures by a ...

TROUSDALE COUNTY, Tenn. (WKRN) — There’s a call for change at one of Tennessee’s most dangerous prisons, the Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility. The most recent incident, was a riot that put the ...

You’ll never want to visit these Texas prisons — home to the most dangerous and violent inmates in the Lone Star State.

QUITO, Ecuador -- Clashes that erupted among prisoners in one of Ecuador's most notorious prisons left 13 inmates dead, ...

El Salvador’s La Esperanza prison, once controlled by gangs, has been transformed under President Nayib Bukele’s crackdown ...

A Texas oil field worker has been detained in one of Mexico’s most dangerous prisons for nine months after crossing the ...

The final and most dangerous inmate involved in a viral escape from a New Orleans prison has been recaptured, months after he is accused of going on the run along with nine other men. Derrick Groves ...

Tucked into the high plains of Fremont County, a two-hour drive southwest of Denver, is America’s highest-security prison: ADX Florence, the only federal prison with a Supermax designation. The ...

“Brutal killers should not be glorified. This hunger strike is dangerous, disruptive and needs to end.” That’s how Jeffrey Beard, head of California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — The Latest on South Carolina's efforts to keep cellphones from being used illegally by inmates (all times local): 5:15 p.m. Two former officers at a maximum-security South ...

Clashes in Ecuador's notorious prison result in 13 inmate deaths amid escalating drug violence and government security ...