Cinematic portrayals of inmates being thrown in a dingy, small, unlit cell with no running water and only a slit in the door for occasional food for years on end, is not the reality in New York state ...

In his quest for a single-man cell, Jack was told he had a chemical imbalance in his brain that was causing irrational ...

A prison spent almost £8,000 on a fish tank for the reception while conditions for inmates were ‘squalid’. The tank was ...

It was established in 1188, under the reign of King Henry II. What was constructed out of a group of cells housed in London’s city walls above the ‘New Gate’ gatehouse soon became known as a place of ...

Shutterstock The Ohio State Reformatory The Ohio State Reformatory is one of those places you’ll remember long after you ...

Those who have done serious jail time know prison is an inherently dangerous place, where prisoners know how to improvise ...

Birmingham Prison has been hit by a heating problem - sparking a claim inmates were being denied "basic rights". The Ministry ...

The first of up to 390 prisoners are being released early in the latest attempt to ease overcrowding in Scotland's jails.

Orkopoulos, a man more accustomed to navigating the perils of political life, was assaulted in Sydney’s Long Bay after being ...

When I bought my 1895 Queen Anne Victorian, I knew it had a basement apartment, but I hadn't seen it. With a little tweaking, ...

Richmond, an ancient market town on the fast-flowing River Swale, nestles up to the eastern edge of the Yorkshire Dales ...

Parents need to know that Prison Cell 211 is a Mexican drama thriller series (available dubbed and subtitled in English) about a lawyer caught up in a prison rebellion. It's based on the novel of the ...