Before fingerprinting was commonly used in law enforcement, prisons relied on the Bertillon system, a series of ...

Louisiana State Police, who have yet to find half of the Orleans Parish Prison escapees, announced the arrest of two women on ...

As North Carolina officials look to reduce their use of solitary confinement, several mentally ill inmates have killed ...

Ten inmates at a New Orleans jail surreptitiously cut through cell walls using electric hair trimmers before fleeing into the ...

The Citizen looks at what life is currently like inside the prison through dozens of interviews with past and present ...

Depraved serial killer Rosemary West is one of only four women in Britain to be given a whole life order. Amid new reports of ...

Woman left her job after being investigated for inappropriate relationships with incarcerated teens. Now she faces criminal ...

The jail's rates of violence have worsened under Sheriff Susan Hutson, and her staff faces near-daily attacks or harassment.

Dozens of people — friends and family of prison inmates — peacefully protested for prison reform near the South Dakota State ...

Officials at the Martin Correctional Institution have reported several incidents involving drones dropping off contraband at the prison.