When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

The Shelby County Jail is aging, has failing infrastructure and is overcrowded. The sheriff's office allowed reporters inside Feb. 11.

But after more than a year in prison, Jenin Amro told NBC News she still doesn’t know why she was detained. Like all of the 90 Palestinian women and children released in the first hostage ...

It has a mock-up prison cell, to be used as part of a therapeutic intervention and rehabilitation programme for ex-offenders to reflect in. The cell is also open to the public to show just how ...

The cell where Harold Shipman was held in a top security prison was said to be 'haunted' after his suicide in the 'Monster Mansion'. He had been moved into Wakefield Prison's cell D336 ...

Talib tells his story of incarceration and his efforts to change how people are punished from the foot of a bed inside, not a real prison cell. >> This is an exact replica. Pretty much.

IDOC signed another intergovernmental agreement with Elementary School District 54 in Morris to support training efforts for cadets in the Northern Region, who will go on to serve at Joliet Treatment ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- There may be some accountability for the family of a man who was strangled in prison ... him in a cell with who they call the Hickory Street murderer from Joliet." ...

A 63-year-old Brattleboro man died in his cell at Southern State Correctional Facility on Thursday, the Department of Corrections said. Staff at the prison attempted life-saving measure on William J.

Three people have been arrested following a seizure of more than $80,000 worth of illegal drugs at the Fluvanna Correctional Center for Women in Troy. The Virginia Department of Corrections has ...

In 2015, a judge sentenced Ulbricht, now 40, to life in prison for drug trafficking, computer hacking, and money laundering without the possibility of parole, ruling that Silk Road was ...

CRANSTON, R.I. (WLNE) — Correctional officers are being evaluated Wednesday morning after a code red situation led to inmate evacuation at Cranston’s Moran medium security prison. According to ...