From Porridge to Prison Break, TV audiences have long had a fascination with incarceration. With bars reducing the options for action, the consequences are always amplified. A captive audience is ...

An American couple's vacation turned into a nightmare after they were arrested in Mexico and hauled to prison over a financial dispute with a Cancun timeshare. Paul and Christy Akeo were taken ...

In 1949, a five-part series in the New York Post, entitled “22 Days on a Chain Gang,” compellingly documented the day-to-day grind experienced by men being held in a North Carolina prison.

A Fresno man pleaded guilty Monday to assault with a deadly weapon for attacking another inmate with a jail-made knife at the U.S. Penitentiary in Atwater, federal prosecutors said. Related Story: ...