Uttar Pradesh's 'One Jail, One Product' initiative is transforming prisons into hubs of creativity and reform. Inmates are ...

A long-sought plan for Ogden City to purchase and tear down Weber County’s former jail is a small step closer to reality.

A call to action came from the Attorney General’s Office to the federal government to help do something about contraband cell phones.A-g alan wilson doing somet ...

A flake of blue paint flutters and falls from the bars of the jail cell door as it swings open with a clang.

A man trespassing at an abandoned New York prison for photos got trapped in a cell, then arrested by troopers, state police say. He faces a criminal charge.

Scott Thompson, left, and Scott Kielbasinski, right, look at restored sections of a cell block door lock system in the old Lake County jail in Crown Point. Thompson and Kielbasinski restored the ...

Greene County was awarded state remediation and demolition money to tear down the Greene County Jail and Sheriff’s Office, the latter of which may be demolished by the end of the year.

Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams scorched Sheriff Susan Hutson for failing to order an investigation into the crime scene where 10 inmates escaped from jail.

Such receiverships are extreme measures taken when a judge determines that a prison or jail has persistently violated court orders aimed to protect constitutional and civil rights. My colleague ...

Crime Day 5: Jail worker arrested; 5 fugitives still on the run in New Orleans prison escape DA staff, victims say they’re in hiding. City leaders demand answers as fallout grows.

William Baker, 91, is believed to be one of the last living inmates of Alcatraz. He has harrowing tales to tell, including about the time he tried to escape.