William Harris, 22, was sentenced May 16 to a year in prison after agreeing to plead no contest to a reduced charge of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor. Harris initially had ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Since inmates held several guards hostage during a riot in June at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, staffing changes and ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — An inmate who witnessed a riot inside a South Carolina prison says he saw bodies stacking up on each other and correctional officers didn't do anything to stop the violence or ...

Twenty-three inmates escaped and one guard was killed after armed men stormed a prison in the Mexican resort town of Puerto ...

MONROE, Wash. — Over 100 inmates began “engaging in a demonstration” at the recreation yard at Monroe Correctional Complex on Wednesday evening, according to the Washington State Department of ...

BEATTYVILLE, Ky. A wooden guard tower was the first target for inmates who rioted earlier this year at the Lee Adjustment Center. With a guard still inside, inmates used large concrete ashtrays to ...

ST. LOUIS – Inmates at the St. Louis Justice Center rioted for the third time in less than four months Sunday night. The riot broke out around 8:45 p.m. on the third floor. Police said at least 60 ...

According to the account provided to EFE, police reinforcements arrived at the facility and used "rubber bullets," "pepper ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Franklin County jail, opened in 1887 at 36 E. Fulton St. in downtown Columbus, was the scene of two inmate riots in 1966 over ...

QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Deadly rioting that broke out at a prison in Ecuador where inmates were set to be transferred to a new maximum-security facility has left at least 31 inmates killed and 30 others ...

A jail break was averted at the Kirikiri Prisons in Apapa, Lagos when some inmates reportedly expressed their displeasure with a wild protest The trouble was said to have been started when the ...