Across the globe, certain prisons have earned reputations for extreme violence, overcrowding, and harsh conditions. These facilities often house the most dangerous criminals, operate with limited ...

Prison population was over capacity. MIAMI -- Feb. 15, 2012— -- One of the deadliest prison fires in history tore through an overcrowded prison in Honduras overnight, killing as many as 350 ...

Behind the walls of one of America’s toughest prisons, frustration turned into revolt. The riot that followed remains the deadliest ever recorded in the United States. Eyewitness accounts describe ...

The deadly riot in a prison at Altamira in northern Brazil, which left more than 50 dead on Monday, is the latest unrest in Latin America's notoriously overcrowded jails. Over the past three decades, ...

An injured inmate is carried as he arrives at the hospital after a fire broke out at the prison in Comayagua, Honduras, a town 90 miles (140 kilometers) north of the Central American country's capital ...

After roughly a year in jail, Sean “Diddy” Combs received his prison sentence. Judge Arun Subramanian sentenced Combs to 50 months in prison. Combs’ lawyers have criticized this ruling. The attorney ...

The stern appearance of Wandsworth prison is enough to make grown people shudder. Based in leafy south-west London, the Victorian-era facility - with its gaunt brick walls and a dark intimidating ...