By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO, Aug 7 - Three prisoners were killed and at least 23 others injured in two prison riots in Sri Lanka, a senior official said on Friday, as unrest continued across the ...

By Layli Foroudi, Alvise Armellini and Amina Ismail ORLEANS, France/ROME/BRUSSELS, Aug 7 (Reuters) - On a day when ...

With the summer safety initiative and a new state law, the Potter County sheriff issued a dire warning about the jail and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Overcrowding has worsened conditions at the Mecklenburg County jail in recent months, people held there told The Charlotte ...

A prison guard union in Italy's southern Puglia region will ask prosecutors to investigate widespread workplace safety abuses, with temperatures inside overcrowded prisons rising above 50C, in a case ...

In an unusual move, prisoners are being compensated with gratuity payments for sleeping on mattresses on the floor of ...

If he is captured, Tauilemua could face a charge of escape in the second degree, a Class C felony carrying up to five years ...