GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Several dozen Guatemalan prison guards were being held hostage by inmates in three prisons Saturday following apparently coordinated disturbances, authorities said.

Guatemalan security forces were working to take back control of three prisons on Saturday after rioting inmates took at least 46 people hostage, as officials blamed the incident on gang members ...

In President Donald Trump’s first term farewell address, he spoke with pride about restoring restraint to Washington. “I am ...

A judge has ruled that Tennessee prison officials must grant expanded access to media members to view state-run executions.

A New York prison guard accused of failing to intervene in the beating death of an inmate has pleaded guilty to reckless ...

Many jails and prisons around the country don't provide medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Studies show that ...

For seven minutes — seven gut-churning, nauseating, disgusting minutes — he stood in that room close enough to touch him, and ...

“How can a journalist go into a war zone, but can’t go into a prison in America?,” Melvin Ray, one of the incarcerated ...

A prosecutor has told a jury that a prison guard should be convicted of manslaughter for failing to intervene in the brutal ...

Donald Trump was persuaded not to strike Iran on Wednesday night by the last-minute diplomatic efforts of Persian Gulf states ...

An investigation has found that the behaviour of officers contributed to the death of an inmate who was restrained in prison.

Forgiveness therapy in prison will reach a very small percentage of the nearly 2 million people locked up in the U.S. in 2025 ...