Prison authorities give solitary confinement names like administrative segregation (AdSeg), restrictive housing or management ...

Nearly a decade ago, New Orleans officials hailed their new jail as a harbinger of change.

The audacious feat, one of the biggest jailbreaks in Louisiana history, exploited safety issues in the jail that had previously been cited by federal authorities.

In the state of Ohio, Lucasville remains synonymous with the state's largest-ever prison riot. On Easter Sunday of 1993, more than 400 inmates at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility there took ...

Mafevuka's body was found slumped over a toilet in a communal ablution block. Her clothes had been stuffed into the cistern. Water from the leaking toilet is believed to have washed away any DNA ...

Water service for about 2,900 Connecticut inmates was lost overnight Sunday into Monday morning, and the Department of ...

Prisoners are getting addicted and drugs are contributing to the high levels of violence there, inspectors found. | ITV News ...

Many cells were discovered to be in poor condition containing damaged sockets, sinks and toilets, with many suffering from ...

These houseblocks were found to be dirty, with rubbish and food scattered in communal areas, according to the report. Also, many showers on these houseblocks needed fixing, the heating in several ...

Speaking in a news conference, Hutson revealed the group had each pulled the sliding doors from their cells of their track at ...

A shocking jailbreak at the Orleans Parish Justice Center saw ten inmates escape through a small hole, leaving taunting graffiti behind. The incident, discovered during a morning headcount ...

To Easy LOL' The escape route was small but surprising. It was a hole behind a toilet, just wide enough for someone to slip through. Above it, graffiti mocked the jail staff with messages like ...