Far from public view, daily life in maximum-security prisons is a mixture of constant tension, extreme protocols, and a deathly silence. Vendin-le-Vieil, the first prison dedicated to France's most ...

President Trump is asking Congress for $152 million to reopen Alcatraz as a high-security federal prison. The request appears in the White House’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget and would cover the ...

Costa Rica plans to break ground this year on a large maximum-security prison, taking cues from El Salvador’s approach to locking down serious offenders. The project aims to tackle rising organized ...

A full report into conditions at a high security prison has revealed concerning levels of violence and "rife" drug use. After an inspection in March, HMP Woodhill in Milton Keynes was urgently put ...

PARIS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Inmates at a French high-security prison for dangerous drug traffickers started a hunger strike this week to protest against their detention conditions, a Justice Ministry ...

Prison officials say the new system is beneficial overall: Violent rule infractions, mostly involving fights, were down 7.3 percent from 2011 to 2012, especially in lower-security prisons, according ...

Two prisoners held in high-security facilities have reached a critical stage in their months-long hunger strike protesting the country’s controversial “well-type” prisons. Serkan Onur Yılmaz has been ...

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Enhancing digital security infrastructure, setting up new central prisons, and maintaining a repository of sharp-edged tools kept in prison ...