On Tuesday, June 1, President Donald Trump toured the newly-established immigration detention center known as "Alligator Alcatraz" in the Florida Everglades. This 5,000-bed facility, controversial for ...

The Bastille, which was originally built as a medieval fortress, eventually became a state prison, where political prisoners were often detained. It was often seen as a symbol of oppression under the ...

In order to grant himself the special powers he needed to seize control of land for “Alligator Alcatraz,” Gov. Ron DeSantis ...

A Connecticut family has filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit after learning their loved one died while in custody at a ...

Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia offers exactly that raw, unfiltered connection to the past – a crumbling cathedral of correction that draws visitors from every corner of Pennsylvania and ...

Researchers cite new evidence of how a medieval British noblewoman may have plotted to exact revenge and help kill her former lover, a priest, nearly 700 years ago.

Medieval cold case is a salacious tale of sex, power, and mayhem Did a priest's aristocratic ex-lover orchestrate his public assassination in 1337? By Andrew Paul Published Jun 5, 2025 8:00 PM EDT ...

While analyzing a map depicting 355 medieval murders, University of Cambridge criminologist Manuel Eisner uncovered new evidence in Forde’s six-century-old homicide case, published Friday in Criminal ...

A man who used a medieval weapon to murder his aunt's former partner in 2020 has been sentenced to life in prison. Dwayne Thomas Andrew Watts, 34, pleaded guilty in the Toowoomba Supreme Court to ...

A Pussy Riot Artist Is Back in Prison (This Time, by Design) Nadya Tolokonnikova previews her stamina-testing performance in a mock prison cell at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles.

Even prison could kill you A punishment of execution wasn’t the only way in which medieval society could deliver an effective death sentence; being sent to a medieval prison could be enough to kill ...

Eltz Castle, Germany Some countries have more than their fair share of gorgeous medieval castles, and Germany is one of them. Eltz Castle is one of the finest examples of a German knight’s ...