The most violent prison riot in US history happened at the New Mexico State Penitentiary in Santa Fe. Thirty-three prisoners ...

The old New Mexico State Penitentiary, site of a deadly 1980 riot, remains a chilling reminder of past horrors, with eerie occurrences suggesting the spirits of those who perished may still linger.

FORMER French president Nicolas Sarkozy will be held in solitary confinement at a Parisian prison renowned for beheadings, ...

“The Tragedy of True Crime” was published on Oct. 2 and is, among many things, a compelling narrative of four murderers — ...

Riot officers have been called in amid an "ongoing incident" of disorder at a Norfolk prison. The trouble broke out earlier today at HMP Norwich and was still ongoing several hours later. One source ...

A thousand inmates at the Chino State Prison are still on lockdown three days after an eruption of bloody violence. The riot itself occurred just ten days after Governor Schwarzenegger unveiled his ...

A prison riot caused by gang fighting in southern Ecuador on Monday left 14 people dead and another 14 wounded, according to a local police chief.

Demetrius Buckley, an award-winning prison writer, alleges officials retaliated against him for an article he published about ...

Police say 13 inmates and one prison guard have been killed and another 14 people injured in clashes between rival gangs in a jail in Ecuador. People living near the prison in the southwestern city of ...

The riot occurred in July 2000 during Fiji’s political crisis following the George Speight coup. Reports state that about 50 ...