Missouri corrections officers drenched an inmate with pepper spray and ignored his pleas for help for four hours, responding ...
Two officers were stabbed by inmates, the Department of Correction said, and three more were injured Wednesday evening.
The penitentiary and Jameson Annex housed 1,262 inmates as of Aug. 31, according to the DOC website. The Sioux Falls Minimum ...
Dozens of inmates escaped from a maximum security prison outside Liberia’s capital over the weekend, authorities said Monday. The 47 inmates were able to escape ...
LISBON, Sept 7 (Reuters) - Five inmates including a Briton, an Argentinian and a Georgian as well as two Portuguese escaped from the Vale de Judeus high-security prison some 30 km (18 miles ...
Despite increased security measures and the use of advanced technology, smuggling operations continue to flood these institutions with contraband, leaving prisons struggling to maintain order and ...
But 15 years ago, out of financial necessity, I took a job as a writer in residence in a 1960s-built, high-security male prison. Initially, I was terrified. But I soon became addicted to helping ...
Police detonated an aerial drone carrying explosives on the roof of a prison in Ecuador holding ... in an afternoon press conference in Quito. Maximum-security La Roca, which is in Guayaquil ...
According to NDOC, Ely State Prison, which is currently the state’s highest maximum-security institution, will transition to medium security and High Desert State Prison will be designated as a ...
A Southwest Missouri woman serving a life sentence for first-degree murder has died in prison, according to the Missouri Department of Corrections. Connie Sanders-Ford, 74, had been sentenced to ...
Ohio should stop sending nonviolent first-time offenders and children under age 14 to the state's youth prisons and give ... or counselors to maintain security and deliver education and therapy ...
Lukoo said he was holding a “crisis” meeting with the defence and security services, but that calm had been restored. Makala prison is the largest in the DRC and was built to hold 1,500 prisoners.