A prison guard has been suspended over claims she had a fling with a drug dealer and murderer behind bars. Stephanie Adair is ...

On March 15, the Trump administration loaded more than 200 men onto three planes bound for El Salvador, where they were to be locked in its notorious CECOT prison. A video of the men being marched ...

The prison in El Salvador where the Trump administration has sent alleged gang members for detention has a reputation for human rights violations and corruption, with civil rights groups ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — A plan to build a 3,000-inmate prison in Arkansas hit a roadblock in the state Senate on Tuesday, while the Alabama Legislature gave final approval to ensure funding for ...

An inmate with known mental health challenges allegedly stabbed a prison officer at His Majesty’s Prison in Balsam Ghut on Sunday, leaving both the officer and the inmate nursing stab wounds, ...

HMP Millsike has opened as the UK’s first ‘green prison,’ creating some 1500 prison places. The site, described by critics as a ‘megaprison,’ is equipped with solar panels and heat pump technology and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In the 22 days since Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistakenly deported to a notoriously violent prison in El Salvador, his young autistic son has sought comfort in the scent of his ...

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The justice secretary said the category C prison set "the standard for the jails of the future". There is no "co-ordinated or effective" drugs strategy in place at HMP Deerbolt a watchdog says.

HMP Northumberland is a category C prison, holding 1348 male offenders, located near the village of Acklington in Northumberland. Sodexo took over the operational management of the prison in 2013.

HMP Durham has been ordered to make changes after a second man died after being found hanging in his cell, according to a report into his death. Ahmed Alshbli, 35, was found in his cell at HMP ...