The prison officials discovered the cat sneaking over a barbed wire fence, according to video posted online Prison officials in Costa Rica caught an unlikely suspect attempting to smuggle drugs ...

We're hearing from a prison reform advocate who says a recently obtained video of an attack using padlocks shows a lack of safety for inmates as well as guards. Donna Hamm, Director of Middle ...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) says its Stillwater prison will be undergoing a phased closure as part of the state’s economic plan, as well as decrease the amount of current ...

A former FBI agent floated an alternative location for President Donald Trump's revamped Alcatraz prison, which he thinks would serve as a deterrence for even the worst criminals. Trump called for ...

Other inmates described this women's prison in Derbyshire as a "holiday camp", even "rehab". There was no one homogenous view, but there is also not one type of prisoner here - it is home to both ...

A former guard at Montana Women’s Prison has been accused of raping a woman in custody and smuggling contraband into the prison for her. Andre Hunter pleaded not guilty Tuesday to two counts of ...

President Trump said Sunday he is directing his administration to reopen and expand Alcatraz, the notorious former prison on an island off San Francisco, California. In a post on his Truth Social ...

President Trump said he directed the Bureau of Prisons, together with the Department of Justice, FBI and Homeland Security to reopen and expand the historical prison. Photo: Fred Greaves/Reuters ...

One of six New York state prison guards indicted on murder charges in connection with the beating death of an inmate has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter. Christopher Walrath ...

President Donald Trump wants to convert Alcatraz back into a federal prison, decades after the California island fortress was converted into a U.S. tourist destination because it had become too ...

President Donald Trump on Sunday announced that he's directing federal agencies to reopen the prison at Alcatraz after rebuilding and expanding the prison that was shuttered over 60 years ago and ...

transcript It has been more than six decades since Alcatraz, which sits in San Francisco Bay, operated as a prison. Today it is best known as a damp, frigid and nostalgic staple of tourist ...