A prison with a troubled history has become one of the country's most "impressive jails," inspectors have said. HMP Haverigg, ...

An unannounced inspection of HMP Haverigg has found it to be 'one of the most impressive jails in the country' - though several areas requiring improvement were identified. A report by HM Chief ...

Three campaigning dads who lost their daughters to suicide were given welcome news this week, while an announcement for ...

The notorious director of a brutal Iranian jail escaped just before airstrikes, after Israeli sources contacted his son with a warning: have your father open the prison doors, or he will be targeted.

Two more former prison guards have been charged with sexually abusing female inmates at a federal prison in Dublin which became known as "the rape club," authorities announced Thursday.

Long sentences and recidivism kept prison populations high for decades, but prisons are now starting to empty.

As Donald Trump prepares to make good on his promise to deport possibly millions of undocumented immigrants, the private prison industry appears poised to cash in.

Evin prison is known for holding dual nationals and Western detainees often used as leverage in negotiations with the West.

Israel struck Iran’s most notorious prison in its latest airstrikes Monday, as dramatic footage showed a missile slamming into its entrance.

A small watchdog agency over Ohio's adult and juvenile prisons would be drastically changed under the state budget bill.

The former general manager of the Foundry in Manchester has been sentenced to prison for stealing from the business.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — The South Dakota Project Prison Reset task force could have two more sites to consider for a possible new men’s prison. The two new possible sites are in nort… ...