Correction officers spend unstructured time with the incarcerated in the new model, hoping to stem problems before they start.

Inmates have to earn their freedom through good behaviour at penitentiary the Justice Secretary sees as a model for UK ...

Famous for "The Shawshank Redemption," the Ohio State Reformatory caters to visitors with tours, a haunted house and other ...

NSW ends private management of Parklea Prison, citing safety issues, understaffing, and profit-driven neglect.

Two guards were killed when armed assailants helped Mohamed Amra escape from a prison convoy last May, prompting a high-profile search.

Local residents have voiced opposition for a number of reasons, including the shuttered prison’s history of violence and ...

The penal systems in Norway, Sweden and Denmark are internationally known for their focus on rehabilitation and reintegration ...

Latest figures from the body show the women’s wing is housing 91 inmates, despite having a maximum capacity of 56 beds ...

Barlinnie's replacement HMP Glasgow will serve as a community hub, the governor has revealed. The new prison, with a capacity ...

An "irate" dad ended his caravan park holiday in a prison cell after a violent confrontation with another ... supplied the class A drugs on a county lines model, in an operation known as the "Kyle ...

State corrections officials say staff at Collins Correctional Facility, south of Buffalo, spotted an inmate with two cell ... prison superintendents in a memo that “70% of our original staffing ...