Slick Willie” Sutton climbed over the castle-like walls of the old Holmesburg prison, marking his first successful escape ...

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...

When Illinois shuttered the century-old maximum security facility last year, nearly four of every five inmates went to less-secure sites.

In a plea agreement filed in late January, Benjamin Shoemaker agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy against rights as well as two counts of deprivation of rights.

An inmate at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Center in southern County allegedly attacked an officer with an “improvised weapon” ...

An inmate at Richard J. Donovan Correctional Center ... Barrera was locked in his cell after staff members responded, leading to a standoff during which Barrera allegedly refused to drop his ...

Every month, I comb through Netflix’s slate of new movies and TV shows and in February, I was greeted with a surprise: “Prison Cell 211 ... lawyer has no time to escape and instead finds ...

The 'world's worst prison ... escapes notice," he added. And if there's one thing that's sure to kill any dreams of escaping among prisoners, it's got to be the solitary confinement cell.

Brutally violent, compelling, and crisp, ‘Prison Cell 211’ is a fast-paced prison drama partly ... on the 2015 Clinton Correctional Facility (Dannemora, New York) escape by inmates Richard Matt ...

A Pollsmoor Prison inmate escaped over the weekend while he was part of a work team responsible for maintaining the prison facility's grounds. Authorities have since launched a manhunt for him. He was ...