Inmates in Bolivia's overcrowded prisons are now able to reduce their jail time by reading books in a new program influenced by one in Brazil that aims to spread literacy and give hope despite a ...

During a recent visit to a New Orleans prison, the Cash Money Records' co-founder sparked a wave of controversy with his ...

Although information about the events is scarce, reports indicate that in mid-April the Tajik security forces stormed a prison in the northern city of Khujand, killing over a hundred prisoners.

The compounds housing these prisoners which make up over 18,000 (11.8%) of the prison population have double fenced razor wire, electrical charged fencing, perimeter patrols and secure cells.

Sean Bryant is a Denver-based freelance writer specializing in travel, credit cards, and personal finance. With more than 10 years of writing experience, his work has appeared in many of the ...

HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — It was after midnight when she crept down the narrow, dimly lit stairs carrying a bag of dirty laundry. She crossed under a patchwork of pipes and ducts to the far back ...

For the first time on British television, a new BBC One documentary series, The Prisoners, follows offenders in jail, their release and, if they reoffend, their return behind prison doors.

An inmate at Westchester County Jail died while in custody Friday of a possible drug overdose, The Post has learned. Dereck Ali, who was locked up on assault and weapons charges out of Yonkers ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Seven inmates were hospitalized Tuesday morning after a suspected overdose incident at the Men's Central Jail near downtown Los Angeles, officials said. Shortly before 7 a.m ...

A manhunt is still on for four South Carolina inmates who escaped from the Chesterfield County Detention Center early Tuesday morning. Chesterfield County officials said Emanuel Robson Planco ...