Michael Stone, a drug addict with a previous conviction for a separate hammer attack, was arrested over the murders in ...

One of the UK's most haunting and controversial murder cases is being reinvestigated by the miscarriage of justice watchdog, ...

A serial child molester serving his sentence at a Southern California prison has been granted parole, sparking widespread outrage.   David Allen Funston was convicted in 1999 in ...

Prison wasn't all bad for P.G. Sittenfeld, the former Cincinnati City Council member wrote in a New York Times editorial published Feb. 22. He made prison cheesecake, which uses S ...

Unlike in the version of prison conjured on TV and in the movies, I found a community quick to be generous and kind.

A brazen burglar who kept his freedom after he was caught on camera stealing £10,000 worth of booze from Sainsbury's is now behind bars.

A burglar who was caught trying to smuggle thousands of pounds worth of drugs into a prison has been jailed for two years and ...

Tankers are set to continue carrying sewage away from a new jail in East Yorkshire until May, Yorkshire Water says.

After a spate of vicious prison attacks, a chilling pattern of behaviour has emerged in the twisted mind of Australia's most deranged female inmate, Jessica Camilleri.

The director of a privately-run East Yorkshire prison is being replaced less than a year in post after serious concerns were flagged over its operation.

York County's Prison Board of Inspectors has appointed Joseph “JJ” Johnston as the new permanent warden. Johnston had been serving as the interim warden since November 14, following the departure of ...