While his first escape was a crime of “opportunity,” Joshya A. Warf’s second breakout from the Taylor County Jail was one of planning, timing and execution.

At the end of 2012, he was sent to a prerelease program in Boston, where he had to find a job with no cellphone and no ...

Leaders of the union representing thousands of N.Y. correction officers issued a vote of "no confidence" this week for ...

Among the stops on a tour Wednesday of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls was a group shower, a location which the state Department of Corrections ...

Grey walls, grey furniture and grey jumpsuits affect the psychology of prisoners. Research suggests simple, colourful ...

New Gov. Larry Rhoden said the state’s “back is against the wall” and a new men’s prison needs to be built. Rhoden responded ...

Opponents, including some lawmakers, have said there are alternative plans such as revamping several men’s prisons and building a s ...

In 2013, nearly 4,000 California inmates in long-term solitary confinement (for decades, in some cases) went on what would ...

I was recently moved to a prison cell with a window after years without one. I never realized how much I’d taken the snow for ...

During his first term, President Trump’s signature border security policy involved building a barrier along the southern ...

File Photo The Iran-backed Houthis, have turned the Dutch Embassy building in the Yemeni capital, Sanaa, into a secret prison ...