Maine is one of the few states to let incarcerated people work remote jobs for outside companies. 45 prisoners have already ...

At a San Diego prison, a unique group of inmates, including Erik Menendez, one of the most famous prisoners inside the facility, can now call themselves college graduates. They were awarded their ...

As frustrations among corrections officers mount, abusive treatment of inmates is rising and becoming more vicious, records ...

Two French prisoners escaped from jail after sawing through the bars of their cells and using bedsheets to get out of the facility, a prosecutor said Thursday. Guards noticed the break-out shortly ...

More than 200 inmates escaped from a prison and at least one was killed in a shootout in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi after they were temporarily moved out of their cells due to earthquake ...

Scott Budnick says he has mentored, hosted writing classes for 1,200 prisoners. — -- As valedictorian of his graduating class, 26-year-old Sean Wilson was beaming as he got in line with about 100 ...

Two prisoners currently serving sentences in Rome’s Rebibbia prison obtained special permission to participate in Pope Leo XIV’s general audience this past Wednesday. “We received an official ...

Prisoners are fighting forest fires as part of a decades-old state-run program. Matthew Tice, an inmate from Warner Creek Correctional Facility, takes a break as he and other inmates who are all ...

As convicted felons, the people incarcerated in Wyoming’s prisons don’t get to vote until they’ve served their time and gone through a state process to restore their rights. But even without the right ...