Potentially volatile cellmates are a fact of life in California prisons. That may change as the state's incarcerated ...

Ireland has failed to implement long-standing recommendations of a committee against torture, “leaving behind some of the most vulnerable persons” in the State, a European body has said.

In declarations, more than a dozen people housed in San Diego County jails describe inhumane conditions and say they are alone in isolation cells for at least 23 hours a day.

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

A child killer is 'refusing to leave his cell' at prison where Ian Watkins was killed as he fears he'll be next. Mick Philpott is said to be "cowering" in his cell at Wakefield Prison, dubbed Monster ...