Meanwhile, an investigation into an allegation of fraud by a prison inmate is about to be commenced by the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Correctional Service, NCoS. A Lagos-based businesswoman, ...

Illinois is on track to remove all but a few inmates from Stateville prison ahead of a court-ordered deadline set because of ...

Despite heightened security and surveillance, mobile phones with active SIM cards continue to be seized in Parappana Agrahara Central Prison. Two fresh FIRs have been registered following the ...

Kinshasa, Congo — An attempted jailbreak in Congo's main prison in the capital left at least 129 people dead, most of them in a stampede, authorities said Tuesday. A provisional assessment ...

Two fresh FIRs registered after five mobile phones and SIM cards were discovered at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison on Sunday and Tuesday, despite increased surveillance. Prison officials now ...

MADISON, Wis. -- A former Sun Prairie school resource officer accused of sexually assaulting his mentees was sentenced Thursday to four years in state prison. Lamont Crockett, 35, pleaded guilty ...

Now, tourists will be able to get a glimpse for themselves of the fortresslike sandstone prison, where Capote interviewed Dick Hickock and Perry Smith, two drifters who were convicted of murdering ...

The recent decline in inmate numbers has left more than 3,000 prison places unused, a sharp contrast to the overcrowding issues seen in recent months. The early release initiative comes as the ...

Prisoners tried to break out en masse from the Makala Central Prison in the capital, Kinshasa, at around 2 a.m. local time (9 p.m. ET) on Monday, Interior Minister Jacquemain Shabani Lukoo Bihango ...

"It's not linear." When it comes to crime reporting, UW-Madison Criminal Justice Expert Kenneth Streit says the relationship between crime rates and prison crowding is complicated. One key ...

KINSHASA, Congo — An attempted jailbreak in Congo’s main prison in the capital left at least 129 people dead, most of them in a stampede, authorities said Tuesday. A provisional assessment ...