As the punishing Mississippi sun baked the grounds of one of America’s most notorious prisons, a wheelchair-bound man was so ...

The Mississippi Department of Corrections opened its newest chapel for inmates. The white church features a tall steeple with ...

During his long stay at the Orleans Parish lockup before he escaped last month, detainee Lenton Vanburen had racked up ...

A groundbreaking lawsuit representing prisoners forced to work in “inhumane” conditions could finally put an end to Angola ...

Authorities in Ecuador have recaptured fugitive drug trafficker José Adolfo Macías, also known as “Fito,” more than a year ...

Soroti Regional Office has sounded alarm over deteriorating human rights conditions in prisons across Eastern Uganda, revealing that extreme congestion has forced inmates in some facilities to sleep ...

Wednesday regained their freedom at the Agodi Maximum Security Prison during a prison decongestion exercise by the Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Iyabode Yerima.In a significant move to decongest ...

U.S. District Judge Brian Jackson requires Angola prison officials to monitor temperatures every 30 minutes. When heat index hits 88, Farm Line workers get regular breaks, ice, water, and shade, the ...