A prison with "dangerous levels of violence" which created a "sense of despair" has been placed under emergency measures by a ...

Across the globe, certain prisons have earned reputations for extreme violence, overcrowding, and harsh conditions. These facilities often house the most dangerous criminals, operate with limited ...

Prison guards have been accused of more than 120 acts of brutality that amounted to torture in the past decade in New York, a ...

In December, 33-year old Ryan Rust was found dead in his solitary cell at Alabama's Holman prison, a belt around his neck with one end tied to a bar in the cell window. "He's my little brother," says ...

The deadly riot in a prison at Altamira in northern Brazil, which left more than 50 dead on Monday, is the latest unrest in Latin America's notoriously overcrowded jails. Over the past three decades, ...

As the US doubles down on overt interventions, experts warn policymakers may be overlooking a key battlefield: prisons across ...

Suicides in state prisons have soared in the last several years, and solitary confinement is a leading contributor, a new report claims. According to the new report from two groups advocating against ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina prisons were already a more dangerous place to work before four employees at an understaffed prison were killed during a failed breakout attempt last month. State ...

The violence broke out in a semi-open part of the penitentiary when "C-Block invaded the other wings and started brutal acts against their rivals," he said. The riot occurred on Monday in the Complejo ...

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People leaving North Carolina prisons are far more likely to die of an overdose in their first weeks back home. Prison officials are trying to reduce that risk by providing medications for opioid use ...