Wealstun Prison guard Megann Gibson, 26, had phone sex with an inmate and flooded his mom with hundreds of messages to keep the illicit tryst going, a UK court has heard.

More than 200 inmates escaped from a prison and at least one was killed in a shootout in Karachi, Pakistani, after they were moved out of their cells due to earthquake tremors, officials said.

An attorney for singer R. Kelly, seen in a Chicago courtroom in 2019, filed an emergency motion this week alleging a prison murder plot against the disgraced R&B singer and requesting home detention.

In 2019, Mexico's Islas Marías prison – the last island penal colony in the Americas – finally closed. Now a biosphere reserve, the once-feared archipelago is open to tourists on restricted ...

President Donald Trump said Sunday he will direct several federal agencies to "reopen a substantially enlarged and rebuilt Alcatraz," a facility that for decades was a federal prison and is now a ...

Mobile prison cells show students what life behind bars is like 01:27. Students at an elementary school in England weren't sure what to think when a prison on wheels recently arrived on their campus.

Donald Trump's call to reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison in the San Francisco Bay has garnered attention since the president posted about it on May 4. The federal prison on Alcatraz Island ...

A South African woman has been sentenced to life in prison for selling her 6-year-old daughter, in a case that shocked the nation. Kelly Smith, whose full name is Racquel Chantel Smith, was ...

Julie Chrisley steps out in Nashville, Tennessee, after her release from federal prison following a presidential pardon for bank fraud and tax evasion charges alongside husband, Todd Chrisley.

New York's prison system faces potential reform after a fatal incident and historic strike, sparking debates on progressive versus punitive approaches. Skip to content Menu Today's paper.

President Donald Trump said he has directed his administration to rebuild and reopen a “substantially enlarged version of the Alcatraz Prison, which was closed in 1963 after government officials ...