A spokesman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice told CNN Saturday he would neither verify nor deny the authenticity of a memo detailing events surrounding the December 13 escape of seven ...

Fifteen men have died by court-ordered execution so far this year in the U.S., and 12 other people are scheduled to be put to ...

The Village Voice reports on Ricky Wassenaar, who killed fellow prison inmates based on the belief that God told him it would help Donald Trump.

Despite an extensive manhunt, the three were never found, leaving behind America’s most enduring prison mystery. After 29 ...

We live in an era of constant surveillance. Psychology research shows how this might change how we perceive the world — even ...

Alcatraz was and remains as much an idea as a place. James V. Bennett, the director of the Bureau of Prisons for nearly the ...

If you’re 18 and looking for a career, you can now become a correction officer. A bill signed by Governor Hochul allows DOCCS ...

New York is set to lower the minimum hiring age for prison guards from 21 to 18, a move to boost the ranks of corrections ...

Alcatraz as a prison? What about a coliseum that features Jan. 6 patriots? Hearst Castle as the Western White House? And ...

The fencing violated the planned development ordinance requiring open access to the 1.2-acre public plaza, according to the ...

In 1962, three men broke out of Alcatraz and tried to cross San Francisco Bay using an improvised raft and DIY life vests ...