Five inmates at an Ivory Coast prison were killed when a routine search turned into a violent clash, authorities said on. Prisoners in Bouake, the country’s ...

The girlfriend, Precious White, 26, was arrested by Arkansas State Police for her involvement in Wright's escape and has been ...

HANDCUFFED to a chair and sweating profusely in a puffer jacket, Alana Moor was terrified she’d never be allowed to go home. ...

Antoine Massey, 32, a fugitive who broke out of a New Orleans jail along with nine other prisoners last month, taunted police ...

A former police chief and convicted killer known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was captured 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) ...

Joshua J. Smith, a Tennessee businessman whom the president pardoned during his first term, now advocates for inmate ...

Prison breaks are rare in Pakistan, where security has been ramped up since 2013, when the Pakistani Taliban helped 200 inmates break free during an attack on a prison in another province.

Louisville Metro Corrections officer Chase Branson is on unpaid administrative leave as the criminal proceedings continue.

A Wisconsin inmate accused of killing his cellmate for being Black and gay has been convicted. WLUK-TV reports that a jury ...

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Last month, 10 men escaped a New Orleans prison by ripping out a toilet and climbing through a hole in the wall ...