(CN) – Utah State Prison officials did not violate the constitutional rights of prisoners by dropping tear gas that vented into the cellblock, a 10th Circuit panel ruled Friday. The decision stems ...

Sources inside the prison told pro-reform outlet IranWire that guards fired tear gas all night after the fire broke out. In many cases, prisoners had to break their windows to so they could ...

That day in 1996, the brothers could see each other across prison a yard but couldn't talk to each other; they had hoped to be placed in the same prison but were put in separate vans, which took ...

The warden at Telfair State Prison was stabbed by a prisoner during a disturbance Wednesday, and officers used tear gas to get prisoners under control, a Georgia Department of Corrections official ...

Prisoners in all state lockups are tested regularly for the virus, ... Section A, Page 13 of the New York edition with the headline: Tears, Hugs and Change of Clothes for Former Inmates.

Inmates say guards fired tear gas after deadly blaze at Iranian prison. The notoriously brutal Evin prison is known for housing political prisoners, which has seen mass protests in recent weeks.

TEHRAN, Iran -- Details of a chaotic night marked by tear gas and explosions have emerged from an Iranian prison following a deadly fire at the facility on Saturday. The death toll from the blaze ...