Violence has begun to rise again in a men’s prison which saw assaults plummet after inmates were given lessons in the ancient Greek philosophy of Stoicism. Inspectors had praised staff at HMP Wayland, ...

Anthony Barbee, 38, died on Dec. 5, a little more than a week after another inmate was killed during stabbings that led to a days-long lockdown. Police did not say if Barbee was stabbed. An autopsy is ...

Probably few people outside Indiana are familiar with the Miami Correctional Facility, but more people have at least heard of its moniker: the Speedway Slammer, Indiana's latest immigration detention ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of the armed forces stand guard outside Machala prison in Machala, Ecuador, on December 7, 2025. - Luis Suarez/AFP/Getty ...

BROCTON, N.Y. — A civilian counselor and correction officer were injured when they were allegedly attacked by an inmate at the Lakeview Correctional Facility in Brocton. That's according to, NYSCOPBA, ...

Two inmates in a California state prison are being investigated for the alleged murder of a third inmate in one of the facility’s yards on Sunday, officials with the California Department of ...

Readers may have heard of the concept of “jailhouse justice,” the term used to describe inmate-on-inmate violence committed to express disapproval of the victim inmate’s criminal conduct.

NEW YORK -- New York City's juvenile jails are extremely violent and unsafe, the result of a deeply ingrained culture of violence in which guards routinely violate constitutional rights of teenage ...

COLUMBIA — An inmate of the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center filed a lawsuit against Richland County and its sheriff’s department after being stabbed in the head by another inmate last year. Chad ...

Rates of violence across Ontario jails — both inmate-on-inmate and inmate-on-staff assaults — are rising, according to an ...