Some prison cell locks in "Old Max," built ... lock failure occurred on New Year’s Eve when Maximum Security staff attempted to release a block of 39 inmates simultaneously for recreation ...

Officials say Stateville’s budget has stayed relatively level because of an increase in the population of a reception center ...

a maximum-security prison located in Napanoch, New York. We both reside in a cell block called East Wing. They call it “baby Brooklyn,” because it’s heavy with Brooklyn cats, which gives the ...

On Tuesday (May 20), Corey Boyd, 19, who was being held on serious charges including second-degree murder, second-degree ...

Erin Hooley / AP Share Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison was closed ... years be housed in a maximum-security cell. Those with 10 to ...

The 27 men had covered their cell windows, obstructing any view into the space, to protest systemic issues at the prison ... image of Idaho Maximum Security Institution’s C Block, where civil ...