Postcard Bandit” Brenden Abbott’s quest for freedom has inadvertently backfired, potentially extending his time behind bars ...

In an innovative program at a jail in Athens, inmates face their past and are given more freedom. The goal? That they stop coming back.

In an innovative program at a jail in Athens, inmates face their past and are given more freedom. The goal? That they stop coming back.

Waymond Harrison began painting during his time as an inmate at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Jessup. It was a ...

The Wall of Respect was dedicated on August 27, 1967 – only a few weeks after the unveiling of another, very different, piece of public art, the Loop’s Picasso – in a celebration that included the ...

When Yoshie Shiratori was locked up in Japan's notorious Abashiri prison in 1943, the guards were well aware of his ...

Three forthcoming education and vocational training buildings by SHL and DLR Group stand to add new amenities at San Quentin, ...

THIS is the moment an inmate’s bid for freedom hits a wall – when he gets wedged in his escape hole. Alan Leandro da Silva, 32, is seen awkwardly stuck in the jail wall as a firefighter drill… ...

More than a decade after Pussy Riot cofounder Nadya Tolokonnikova was imprisoned in Russia for two years after performing a "punk prayer" inside of Moscow's Cathedral of Christ th ...

Share or comment on this article: The not-so-great escape: Moment inmate is found wedged in a concrete wall and has to be dug out after spending two days trying to tunnel out of his cell 580 shares ...