Police in Papua New Guinea say the country's overrun courts and prisons are behind mass breakouts from police custody.

Critics say the jail’s cage-like enclosures constitute a form of solitary confinement that exacerbates mental illness and ...

Cell doors in the block, the scene of Dillinger's famed 1934 escape from the jail, at one time were controlled using a single lever to operate a system of gears and pulleys.

(KRON) — Santa Rita Jail’s inmate healthcare provider agreed to pay $2.5 million to the children of Maurice Monk, attorneys announced Thursday. The inmate was allegedly deceased inside… ...

Sheriff Gerald Sticker says the new $250,000 X-ray scanner is part of a security overhaul in his first year on the job.

Shasta County Sheriff calls temporary closure of one floor, with rotating closures of other floors later on so upgrades can ...

He was held in the cell for 23 hours a day, with one hour to be out, alone, in the day room. Last week, jail staff say, Riker broke a bracket at the bottom of his door and bent it out until he ...

A flake of blue paint flutters and falls from the bars of the jail cell door as it swings open with a clang. Inside, two metal bunks along the wall dominate the cramped 5-by-7 room. It’s summer ...

A Delaware County prison inmate was caught with a prison shank fashioned out of door hardware. About 3:45 p.m. on June 4, staff members of the George W. Hill Correctional Facility planned a routine ...

SHIAWASSEE COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - An inmate at the Shiawassee County Jail died on Thursday night. Around 9:30 p.m., a Shiawassee County Correctional Deputy discovered 45-year-old Nathan Johnson ...

Dan Bongino draws ‘clear’ conclusion on Jeffrey Epstein jail cell death after FBI probe and MAGA theories - Dan Bongino said that the bureau had video footage that showed the area of Epstein ...

Nadya Tolokonnikova, the co-founder of the feminist art collective Pussy Riot, is back in a prison cell -- but this time, she has gone willingly. At the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles ...