It was established in 1188, under the reign of King Henry II. What was constructed out of a group of cells housed in London’s city walls above the ‘New Gate’ gatehouse soon became known as a place of ...

An incarcerated person was injured in a fight at the Folsom State Prison, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said.

Shutterstock The Ohio State Reformatory The Ohio State Reformatory is one of those places you’ll remember long after you ...

Feb. 5, 1954, in the Daily Times-News: "Eighteen-year-old Gertrude Van Westrienen, who admitted smuggling hacksaw blades into ...

Jake Fahri was given a life sentence for the killing of 16-year-old Jimmy in 2008 when he threw a glass dish at him fatally ...

Anybody who mentions the late opposition leader without stating his ‘extremist’ designation could be prosecuted.

Slick Willie” Sutton climbed over the castle-like walls of the old Holmesburg prison, marking his first successful escape ...

What was once a crumbling abandoned prison along the coast of Tarragona, Spain is now the El Roser Social Center, a ...

A guard at a young offenders’ institution suffered displaced teeth, a punctured lip and bruising after being attacked by a ...

The Untold Stories" and "1968: A Folsom Redemption," explore the art of individuals affected by the prison system.

A traffic stop by Lake Worth police became a pursuit and standoff as an armed suspect fired at officers and threw fireworks ...

The 35-year-old man who was fatally shot by police during a standoff at a northwest Fort Worth home on Jan. 30 said he wasn’t going back to prison, according to 911 ... The pickup enters the yard of a ...