A family expected to reunite at the gates of Washington State Prison on Wednesday, but instead spent the evening holding a candlelight vigil for Jimmy Trammell ...

Two former inmates say the deadly riot at Washington State Prison was preventable, blaming chronic understaffing, unsafe conditions, and a lack of rehabilitation.

The Georgia Department of Corrections says that Silas Westbrook died when he arrived at the Metro Reentry Facility.

It has been 46 years since one of the deadliest prison riots in U.S. history. It all happened here in New Mexico.

At least 27 inmates were found dead from asphyxiation Sunday at a prison in Ecuador where a riot broke out that left four others dead and dozens injured earlier in the day, officials said. The inmates ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Deadly rioting that broke out at a prison in Ecuador where inmates were set to be transferred to a new maximum-security facility has left at least 31 inmates killed and 30 others ...