People get out, there's not much waiting for them, other than alligators and pythons,’ Attorney General James Uthmeier says.

Prisoners allege that they were strip-searched and had some personal privileges reduced after an incident in which a handful ...

A South Dakota task force narrowed down potential locations for a new men's prison to two sites, one near Mitchell and one near Worthing. The task force rejected the original proposed site in ...

A riot in a prison northeast of Nashville was contained overnight, officials say, and all prisoners returned to their cells after officers deployed chemical agents into the prison yard. The ...

Wheelen ran to the prison fence and tossed four packages into the prison’s recreation yard. He was quickly apprehended after attempting to flee. The packages contained more than 3 pounds of ...

and all prisoners returned to their cells after officers sprayed gas into the prison yard. The Trousdale County Sheriff’s Department says it got word just after 10 p.m. Sunday of the trouble at ...

Uppa Yard Jamaican restaurant is making plans to open a new location downtown on North Water Street in the old Buffalo Wild Wings space. Oliver Edwards, who owns Uppa Yard, filed a restaurant ...

Grant Hardin, whose notoriety led to the TV documentary "Devil in the Ozarks," escaped May 25 from prison where he was ...

A former police chief and convicted killer known as the “Devil in the Ozarks” was captured by law enforcement 1.5 miles (2.4 kilometers) northwest of the prison he escaped from following ...

Costa Rica ranks fifth in Latin America for incarceration, with 343 people per 100,000 behind bars, trailing only El Salvador, Cuba, Panama, and Brazil, according to the World Prison Brief. Globally, ...

Based on interviews with people inside the prison and attorneys representing those people, immigrants face unsanitary and crowded living quarters, extended lockdowns, delayed and costly medical ...