Some lawmakers are taking a stand against contraband cellphones in U.S. prisons with new legislation aimed at addressing the ...

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar and his team face mounting criticism about the jail. During a tour, they showed how they're working to make fixes.

Currently, cell phone jammers are illegal. Officials say they are necessary for protecting people from inmates who get their ...

Texas state prisons incarcerate more than 4,500 people in two-person cells the size of a parking space for nearly 24 hours a ...

It was rebuilt after the notorious Strangeways riot in April 1990, which was the largest disturbance in the prison service's ...

While this response is noted, the DA maintains that reactive steps are not enough. We demand to know what proactive measures ...

The officer shoved his head against the wall at an angle that allowed him to see other ... After prisoners mopped up Nantwi’s ...

THOMASVILLE The old, rundown house on Culbreth Avenue may have looked foreboding with its rotting exterior and overgrown yard, but nobody could’ve foreseen the actual horror the house would witness ...

The term “less lethal” refers to weapons and ballistics used to subdue people without killing them, ranging from simple wooden batons to pepper spray and rubber bullets. However, these devices and ...

A U.S. Congressman has filed a bill to jam cell reception in prisons and police arrested teens for a string of burglaries.

Prison chiefs are trying to prevent violence behind bars by painting the walls soothing colours ... are painted in a magnolia ...

VIOLENT criminals serving long sentences could be let out of prison early under Labour’s radical new reforms to the justice ...