Georgia corrections officials say fighting at a state prison left three inmates dead and injured a corrections officer and 13 inmates over the weekend.

A prosecutor has told a jury that a prison guard should be convicted of manslaughter for failing to intervene in the brutal ...

Feeling grievously mistreated by circumstances and abused by prison guards, Illinois prison inmate Jarayan Gills took his ...

A New York prison guard accused of failing to intervene in the beating death of an inmate has pleaded guilty to reckless ...

GUATEMALA CITY -- Several dozen Guatemalan prison guards were being held hostage by inmates in three prisons Saturday following apparently coordinated disturbances, authorities said. Interior Minister ...

ATLANTA — Fighting that broke out at a Georgia state prison over the weekend left three inmates dead and injured a corrections officer and 13 more inmates, the Georgia Department of Corrections said ...

Two women made allegations of sexual abuse, including being forced to engage in oral sex, groping and offers of clean water and other basic supplies in exchange for sexual acts. The Sheriff’s ...

Two former inmates filed a federal suit on Monday alleging that a group of Northern California jail guards orchestrated a five-hour "sadistic" attack on nearly two dozen men, some of whom they ...

A bombshell investigation found that guards at a Mississippi jail have been using inmates as enforcers, encouraging them to help carry out violent assaults against fellow prisoners. The investigation, ...

Guatemalan prisons witnessed a coordinated uprising, resulting in dozens of prison guards being held hostage. Interior Minister Marco Antonio Villeda refused to negotiate with inmates, who were ...