WASHINGTON, Feb 4 (Reuters) - State prisons in the United States became more violent and nearly 50% deadlier over the past five years as authorities struggled to keep enough guards on the job, ...

Immediately after President Trump’s election victory in 2024, private prison stocks soared and company executives could hardly contain their glee. As Trump’s immigration crackdown has accelerated, so ...

The federal prison system has a significant shortage of psychologists, and longtime bureau employees say the effect is catastrophic. According to the Bureau of Prisons, more than one-third of ...

The top Democrats on the House Judiciary and Oversight and Government Reform committees have requested a visit to the prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is being held, alleging preferential treatment ...

Some ISIS prisoners who escaped from a prison in northeastern Syria Jan. 19 are still unaccounted for after the ensuing chaos made tracking some of the fighters "impossible," an analyst familiar with ...

The conditions in New York State’s Office of Children and Family Services’ secure youth prisons are deeply troubling. Children as young as 12 are being confined alone for hours without access to ...

Conditions at Connecticut’s prisons are dire, according to a damning report from the state’s prison ombudsman. DeVaughn Ward is responsible for investigating complaints and monitoring conditions ...

New tensions flared a day after a Kurdish-led militia agreed to hand over control of prisons holding some 8,000 Islamic State fighters to the Syrian government. By Christina Goldbaum Clashes erupted ...

Seven officers were killed and dozens were taken hostage in a coordinated series of prisoner uprisings at three notorious Guatemalan detention centers, followed by a spate of attacks against police in ...

CARACAS, Venezuela — Before sunrise, Jesús Ramos dropped to one knee, put a ring of yarn around Victoria’s finger and asked her to marry him. “It was an easy yes,” she said this month. The couple ...

ESCUINTLA, Guatemala/GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Guatemalan security forces were working to take back control of three prisons on Saturday after rioting inmates took at least 46 people hostage, ...

Lawmakers from both parties and chambers of Congress this week introduced legislation that would institute a 35% pay raise for employees at the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, in a bid to counter longstanding ...