Alcatraz, a notorious former prison on an island in San Francisco Bay, once housed some famous gangsters like Al Capone and ...

Could Britain see the rise of US-style 'supermax' prisons? A recent string of violent incidents has sparked a debate on how ...

Prisons minister James Timpson has told the BBC more criminals could be tagged in future instead of being sent to prison - ...

Problems with overcrowding have enveloped the Green Hill School juvenile detention center in Chehalis for nearly two years, ...

James Timpson tells the Politics Hub with Sophy Ridge that community sentences should also be considered for non-violent offenders.

The decision to repurpose Mountjoy Prison's Progression Unit to accommodate people who have committed sexual offences has ...

Thomas Irwin, 77, is already in prison for the sexual assault of a different juvenile victim, prosecutors said. He pleaded ...

After a landmark ruling by the Michigan Supreme Court, nearly 600 people convicted and sentenced to life in prison without ...

Ricky Wassenaar killed three sex offenders at an Arizona state prison on April 4. Here's why he says he did it.

The government's efforts to fix the prison crisis may not work without "bold investment decisions", the leading union for the ...