Alabama’s prison system has been in the federal crosshairs for years, and as the latest lawsuit from the Department of ...

Inmates sit in a treatment dorm at Staton Correctional Facility in Elmore, Ala., Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2019, around the time of ...

Pope Francis spent Holy Thursday visiting those serving time in a Rome prison. Despite recovering from a bout of pneumonia, Francis met with dozens of inmates at Regina Coeli prison as he kept an ...

The Category B jail, which is run by French prison operator Sodexo, has capacity for about 1,460 male inmates. A spokeswoman for HMP Forest Bank said: "We understand this is a difficult time for ...

In the ruling published in January 2024, the court said inmates should have the right to private meetings with spouses or long-term partners, with no prison guards watching over them. The ruling ...

In the ruling published in January 2024, the court said inmates should have the right to private meetings with spouses or long-term partners, with no prison guards watching over them. The ruling ...

Former death row inmates who had their sentences commuted by former President Joe Biden are suing the Trump administration over its plans to send them to a supermax prison. President Donald Trump ...

More than 100 inmates escaped a Chad prison during a shootout that left three people dead, and wounded a state governor visiting the facility, officials told AFP today. The break-out occurred late ...