The notorious director of a brutal Iranian jail escaped just before airstrikes, after Israeli sources contacted his son with a warning: have your father open the prison doors, or he will be targeted.

Built in 1971, the Evin Prison was used by the Shah regime to detain thousands of political prisoners in horrifying conditions.

Staffers in Washington's only women's prison repeatedly used excessive force, according to a report from the state's Office of the Corrections Ombuds.

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The Supreme Court announced it will take up the case of a devout Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were forcibly shaved by Louisiana prison guards.

Jamaican dancehall superstar Vybz Kartel is finally free after more than a decade in prison. He spoke with us exclusively about his life and career ...

A man who protested the death of George Floyd is headed to federal prison, five years later, after throwing a barricade at a police officer in May 2020.

Rapper Silentó was sentenced to 30 years in prison for fatally shooting his cousin in Jan. 2021.

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R. Kelly's lawyers say prison officials ordered a hit on him and are now pushing for his release for safety reasons.

Unrest in a prison northeast of Nashville has been contained, the sheriff says, and all prisoners returned to their cells after officers sprayed chemical agents into the prison yard.

Ex-police chief and murderer who fled prison is captured, authorities say Grant Hardin escaped from prison last month while serving time on murder and rape convictions.