Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...

Prison movies are perhaps the most captivating of all movies, as the following films illustrate. From grim portrayals of life ...

The Great Escape is a historical war adventure movie from World War II in which the germans prisoners align together to ...

The Idaho Department of Correction requested a nearly $2 million one-time expense to add new technology, equipment and staff ...

Claude is in prison for attempting to murder his wife, which he claims was an accident, but could nevertheless keep him ...

Tamil Nadu Special Police secures Delhi's high-security prisons, preventing smuggling and maintaining order among dangerous ...

More than 150 female prisoners were raped and burned to death during a jailbreak last week when fleeing male inmates set fire ...

A hunt has been launched for a man who escaped from Pollsmoor Prison while part of a work team carrying out maintenance on ...

The Pollsmoor Correctional Centre inmate who escaped from the facility in Cape Town this week, has been rearrested.

At least five prisoners who supported Islamic State were killed after attacking guards with knives and trying to break out of a jail in Tajikistan, a law enforcement source said.

Police have initiated a manhunt for Yanga Wayithi, a prisoner who escaped from Pollsmoor Prison, prompting authorities to ...

A manhunt has been launched for four awaiting trial prisoners who escaped from police custody in Limpopo. The four men ...