Authorities in Congo say 600 prisoners in the country's main prison have been freed as part of a process aimed at decongesting overcrowded prisons ...

Exclusive: IPP prisoner Luke Ings was 17 when he was jailed for robbery and a fight in McDonald’s. Now aged 36, he still has ...

"The video shocks the conscience," said the union, which is pushing for security reforms across Massachusetts prisons.

Five officers were taken to hospitals for treatment. One was stabbed 12 times, and another suffered a punctured lung.

Surveillance video from inside a Massachusetts prison shows a brutal attack by inmates on correction officers.

The Georgia Department of Corrections says it happened after a contraband shakedown ended with contraband cellphones ...

PRISON officers and inmates have told of how ... Another prisoner was seen refusing to move cells after a fight broke out between warring gangs on a packed wing of the Victorian jail.

He later pled guilty to two counts of murder, 13 counts of attempted murder, and was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison. Now, after serving less than half his sentence, he's eligible for ...

Prisoners tried to break out en masse from the Makala Central Prison in the capital, Kinshasa, at around 2 a.m. local time (9 p.m. ET) on Monday, Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo Bihango ...