In 1946, a violent but failed escape attempt — set off with guns and riot clubs that a group of cons managed to obtain — led ...

The deceased, identified as Asanka Indunil Jayasekara Arachchi, a 46-year-old resident of New Town, Embilipitiya, had been remanded at Angunukolapelessa Prison after being taken into custody for ...

No question Sheriff Mike Buehler is trying to improve conditions there. But needy KC inmates should still be back here. From: ...

The walls are painted black.” Even officials were disgusted by the conditions inside the prison. In 1939, US Attorney General Frank Murphy condemned the detention centre, saying: “The whole ...

Today, Alcatraz is more of a museum than a prison. Here's a look at where things stand on the inside.

Today, Alcatraz is more of a museum than a prison. Here's a look at where things stand on the inside. See what Alcatraz looks like today Download USA TODAY's app to get to the heart of news ...

Investigators said that on April 21, a man told police he thought he had found human remains inside a shed on North State Street, across from the state prison. Police said it appeared that the ...

CONCORD, New Hampshire (WMUR) — Human skeletal remains found inside a shed in Concord last month have been identified. Investigators said that on April 21, a man told police he thought he had ...

SAN FRANCISCO — President Donald Trump said he was directing the Federal Bureau of Prisons to rebuild and reopen the infamous Alcatraz prison in the San Francisco Bay to "house America’s ...