Penal reforms will place more emphasis on the “recovery” of convicts instead of their “punishment” to prevent recidivism, but prison guards say their own needs are being ignored.

An upstate prison was still locked down Thursday after guards retook control of three dorms following an inmate uprising sparked when a corrections officer seized one prisoner’s illegal cellphones.

Abir Moussi, the head of Tunisia’s opposition Free Destourian Party, went on a hunger strike in prison Wednesday. Her defense attorney, Nafaa Laribi, informed the media that they are concerned ...

It is not known if, or when, the guards at Camp 6 would be replaced by or augmented with security personnel from homeland security. Meantime, the Pentagon’s prison operation, which has Arabic ...

Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye is "critically ill" in jail three days after starting a hunger strike to protest his detention, one of his lawyers told AFP on Thursday. "We visited him in ...

DELAWARE COUNTY, Ohio — An Ohio National Guard member convicted of rape was sentenced in a Delaware County court to at least 25 years in prison on Wednesday. Steven Vicario, 39, of Delaware ...

A state prison was locked down after uprising inmates injured three guards and took control of three dorms — days after the state’s Department of Corrections head complained about staffing ...

He died hours later at a Utica hospital. The savage beating was recorded on video by body cameras worn by four of the prison guards. None had turned on their camera, but 30 minutes of video was ...

A New York state prison was placed on lockdown after inmates attacked and injured three guards days after concerns of staffing shortages were reported. The New York State Department of Corrections ...

That just goes to show you how important he is.” As good as the Tigers guards were on offense, they were just as impressive on defense. Alabama only shot 19% from beyond the arc and held Mark ...