The Latest Breaking News from Prison

It's our nation's secret shame. Experts are saying the neglect of mental health services in prisons has reached a crisis point and could constitute a human rights violation.

The last of three ex-correctional officers convicted in the beating death of an Illinois prison inmate has been sentenced to six years in federal prison

"Those could be very incriminating phone calls by themselves," says law professor Clark Cunningham

‘It was his decision to show mercy, and that’s what he wanted to do,’ lawyer says

Jackson could not continue to serve out a life sentence in any Irish jail, and one of the reasons was because State authorities feared he would be harmed or killed in custody

Two inmates dug their way out of cell using toothbrush but were apprehended within hours at Ihop branch

Education Minister Norma Foley said that she also agreed with comments from Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that prisoners convicted of violent crimes who were born biologically male should not be placed in female-only prions.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — San Quentin State Prison was once known as “The Bastille by The Bay,” an enormous facility overlooking San Francisco Bay that housed the nation’s largest death row and was built in 1852, making it California’s oldest prison.

The two sides in Yemen's conflict have agreed to free nearly 900 people in a prisoner exchange. That deal comes less than two weeks after Saudi Arabia and Iran re-established diplomatic ties after years of hostility. The two regional powers have backed opposing sides in Yemen's war, and their rapprochement…

Damien McCann was caged for repeatedly raping a girl, starting when she was aged 10, as his vile wife filmed the abuse. His attacker, Damian Fowler, was previously told by a judge that he has "psychotic traits"

Damien McCann, whose wife filmed him raping a young girl, was permanently disfigured after attack by inmate at Saughton Prison.