When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...

While violence and gang activity dominate higher-security prisons, cell phone smuggling has become the most severe disciplinary issue in camps. These phones facilitate unmonitored communication ...

As Calancho kills the private security ... presence in Prison Cell 211 as Calancho, a veteran inmate who seems to be as inspiring to his followers as he is deadly to his enemies. Most Pilot ...

Donald Trump has been offered the use of El Salvador’s infamous CECOT mega-prison as he seeks to deport criminals from the US ...

The US president ordered the Defence and Homeland Security departments ... put into a 200-cell medium security building, adjacent to the high security wing which held the most dangerous al-Qaeda ...

A prison in Syria holds about 4,500 members of the Islamic State group who have been there for years without trial.

Of the many important actions President Trump has taken since reclaiming the Oval Office last month, sealing the borders and ...

He swiftly returned to his cell after the procedure ... A source said: "Gangs are very powerful, even in the most secure prisons. "It would be possible to get to him, but it would take cooperation ...

The prison visit occurred in a corridor with six cells on each ... an answer. The security of the detention centers is a growing question since Assad's fall. One of the most serious threats ...