Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Palestinian prisoner waits to be released from Ketziot prison, southern Israel, October 1, 2007 (photo credit: RONEN ...

HUNTINGDON COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — State police investigators say an inmate at SCI Huntingdon is facing new charges after he allegedly attacked a female corrections officer. Troopers say 22-year-old ...

This piece was published in collaboration with the Investigative Reporting Lab at Yale. In leaked videos from California's largest women's prison, guards stand in a line facing dozens of incarcerated ...

BRIDGEPORT — State officials say an inmate physically assaulted a guard at Bridgeport Correctional Center last week, the latest in a series of recent violent instances at Connecticut prisons. The ...

Lansing — A former officer at the Women's Huron Valley Correctional Facility has been charged with four counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct, Attorney General Dana Nessel's office announced ...

A federal judge took the rare step last week of concluding an incarcerated, self-represented plaintiff should be compensated $10,000 by the U.S. government for a prison guard’s unwarranted use of ...

State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to a different reality. By Bianca Pallaro and Jan Ransom New York State prison ...

A New York prisoner accused corrections officers of assault and sexual abuse. State prison officials investigated and deemed his claims unfounded despite footage of the encounter. By Jay Root Jan ...

A Palestinian prisoner who was set to be released as part of the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas attacked a female prison guard during the preparation process to release the prisoners, a ...