The gate of Iran's notorious Evin prison in Tehran is hit in a suspected Israeli strike, Iranian state television says.

Israel's Defense Ministry says Israel is striking Iranian government targets in Tehran, including Evin Prison.

Guards are seen in a housing unit at Sussex I State Prison in 1998. Sussex has had a 50% vacancy rate — meaning it's operating with half the necessary staff — for at least six years.

The unit currently holds 329 inmates and has a maximum capacity of 431. ... the state's prison population has dropped from 38,259 at the end of 2019 to just 27,970 at the end of 2021.

As Illinois prisons face continued risk of substance exposure and staff assaults, State Sen. Terri Bryant, R-Murphysboro, is once again calling for change in the Illinois Department of Corrections.

Buffalo killer's complaint of brutality at center of probe as state prison conditions remain in focus Robert Gavin Mar 24, 2025 ...

Samuel Silva was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday for stabbing his cellmate more than 150 times in a federal penitentiary that, by his account, was so violent that he had no other choice.

SPRINGFIELD — A prison guard was injured by an inmate at the Pontiac Correctional Center on Monday, just one month after the Quinn administration moved inmates out of a Southern ...