A violent clash between rival gangs at a prison in the coastal city of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, has left at least 17 dead, according to a statement from the National Police. “The situation stems from an ...

Clashes between drug gangs on Thursday claimed at least 17 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days, with rampaging inmates beheading and maiming rivals, officials in the ...

Clashes between drug gangs on Thursday claimed at least 17 lives in the second deadly riot in an Ecuadoran prison in days, with rampaging inmates beheading and maiming rivals, officials in the ...

A Cumberland state prison inmate's death is under investigation, according to Maryland State Police.State police said North Branch Correctional Institution officials called for investigators on ...

"We will never be able to change the criminal legal system when there is so much money involved." Credit: Shira Friedman-Parks We, as a country, are in the era of mass incarceration. The U.S. has the ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore said Monday that the state would close a Jessup prison by next summer due to “substantial capital costs” required to rehabilitate the ailing facility. The cost of repairs at ...

New York — Prosecutors urged a New York federal judge Tuesday to send Sean "Diddy" Combs to prison for over 11 years following his conviction on prostitution-related charges, citing one of his ...

Sen. Tom Cotton and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr are calling on lawmakers to pass a bill that would allow state and federal correctional facilities to use use targeted cellphone jamming equipment. AP ...

The Trump administration on Thursday moved to end collective bargaining for federal prison workers, after a March executive order stripped similar protections from government employees in the ...

Maryland plans to close the aging Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup by June 2026 due to facility degradation. Inmates from the Jessup prison could be transferred to other facilities, ...