The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Jerce Barrios told his family he might be transferred from a California detention center – no one’s heard from him since

Minister says prison staff who assist organised criminals are being targeted by ‘beefed up’ corruption unit

An Oklahoma board has denied clemency for a man convicted of killing a Tulsa woman in 1999

US President Donald Trump has said he would like to see Alcatraz Island return to its former role as a high-security prison, more than 60 years after it closed.

Hungary earlier released at least 2000 foreign people smugglers from prison, ordering them to leave the country. The European Commission thinks it's a violation of European law.

Charlie Hopkins believes president is not serious about reviving storied San Francisco jail

Locked in a windowless cell with the lights on day and night, French teacher Cécile Kohler and her partner Jacques Paris on Wednesday marked three years in Iran’s notorious Evin Prison. As the anniversary passes, Kohler’s sister has told RFI their situation is unbearable and deteriorating fast.

Offenders could face up to three months in prison and fined £1,000 for desecrating the monument to the former prime minister

A truck driver who crushed another man with his truck in a tragic road-rage incident has had his prison sentence reduced after an appeal..