The Latest Breaking News from Prison

Sing Sing stars Colman Domingo as a man falsely imprisoned, but who uses his time confined to help change those around him. Here's what we know about it.

A girl whose parents went to prison 5 years ago asked her aunt to adopt her, shocking the whole family, as she was always supposed to go back to her mom. The post Family Drama Ensues After Niece Gives Woman Adoption Papers As A Surprise And She Rejects Them first…

The 64-year-old has been accused by the Spanish authorities

Explore Russia's escalating repression under Putin's regime targeting dissenters, activists, and minorities. Learn about crackdowns, political prisoners, a...

Wheelchair-bound ex-Delhi University professor is acquitted after 10 years of imprisonment over alleged Maoist links.

Sunday's major prison break in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince, in which gangs allowed thousands of inmates to escape, has plunged the country even deeper into chaos. Authorities declared a state of emergency and curfew in the capital, 80 percent of which is controlled by criminal gangs. Since the shock assassination…

A failed execution in Idaho has put a spotlight on the teams of people that prisons use to impose the ultimate penalty on condemned inmates.

Police are investigating the death of a prisoner at a facility near Perth after a fire broke out in the inmate's cell.

Villupuram MP urges Tamil Nadu Law Minister to end caste-based discrimination in prisons, citing unconstitutional practices.

Putin claims to embody faith and family values only to manipulate ordinary Russians. But my friend truly lived by them, says Russian opposition politician Ilya Yashin

Charlie Lynch’s ordeal is a vivid reminder of a senseless prohibition policy that persists thanks to political inertia.