According to historical accounts, out of the 36 Alcatraz inmates who tried to flee before the prison was closed in March 1963 ...

Mixing historical fiction and crime thriller, Oni Press' Out of Alcatraz #1 imagines what happened after the most daring ...

A recent prison break has exposed the flaws in Indonesia's overstretched correctional system. Experts say a complete overhaul ...

We should seize upon the state’s historic surplus and look to replace Green Bay Correctional Institution. It is time to stop ...

A man accused of killing Joel Osteen's great-aunt waited almost two decades in the Harris County Jail without a trial.

Gov. Tony Evers, Assembly Speaker Robin Vos need to find agreement for Wisconsin's troubled corrections system.

A cult classic, Escape from Alcatraz is based on J. Campbell Bruce’s 1963 non ... Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger's action-packed thriller revolves around two inmates who plan and execute ...

(NEXSTAR) – A South Carolina death row inmate is set to be executed on Friday, March 7. Instead of the more traditional lethal injection, the inmate—Brad Sigmon, 67—has chosen to die by ...

Nusa Kambangan Island - also known as 'Indonesian Alcatraz' - is home to over 1,500 inmates, including British man, Thomas Parker. Parker could be facing the death penalty after being arrested on ...

But for those targeted by Indonesia's strict drug laws, inmates are kept in pained isolation as they await the 72-hour notice that they will be shot.

The last time an inmate was killed that way in the United States was in 2010, in Utah. That could be changing, and not only in South Carolina. What is happening in South Carolina? The state passed a ...