A violent assault on a correctional officer at Sierra Conservation Center has thrown California’s prison reform strategy into ...

Chris Van Hollen was stopped by armed guards at a military checkpoint on Thursday and turned away less than two miles from the notorious prison where a Maryland father who was wrongly deported ...

An inmate has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a convicted killer at a high-security prison. A Prison Service spokesperson said John Mansfield was found dead at HMP Whitemoor in ...

A prosecutor in California blasted the state's $239 million taxpayer-funded project to build a prison rehabilitation center in the Bay Area, arguing that it's another example of politicians ...

Pope Francis arrived on Thursday to meet with inmates at a prison in Rome amid the Catholic Holy Week, making a rare public appearance after his lengthy hospital stay last month. The pontiff ...

The justice minister blamed drug traffickers. By Matthew Mpoke Bigg Attackers targeted a prison near the French port city of Toulon overnight Monday to Tuesday, burning vehicles and firing shots ...

The group, which has over 1,000 members, was created on April 12, the day before the first wave of attacks when vehicles were set alight in the car park of the National School of Prison ...

The authorities said earlier Wednesday that assailants had targeted cars and a building lobby linked to prison staff in fresh attacks overnight. "Some are seeking to intimidate our prison staff ...