Behind the walls of one of America’s toughest prisons, frustration turned into revolt. The riot that followed remains the ...

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Twenty members of a gang designated a "foreign terrorist organization" by the United States have escaped from detention in Guatemala, a prison chief said Sunday. The members of the Barrio 18 gang ...

Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins has died at the age of 48 after he was attacked in prison today, it has been confirmed. Watkins was serving a 29-year jail term after being convicted of a string of ...

Mr. Watkins had been serving a 29-year sentence for child sex abuse offenses at the Wakefield Prison in northern England. By Johnny Diaz and Claire Moses Two men were charged with murder on Monday in ...

In “Three or More Is a Riot,” the Columbia Journalism School dean Jelani Cobb collects his writings on race and culture for The New Yorker. By Michael P. Jeffries Michael P. Jeffries is the dean of ...

Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty is home after serving more than four years in federal prison. In April 2022 the artist, real name Lontrell Williams, was sentenced to 63 months in prison after pleading ...

When Mutassim Abdulsatir arrived at Syria's Sednaya prison, accused of so-called state terrorism activities, he stepped into a world of terrifying violence. "We would lie flat on our bellies like this ...

Between 200 and 300 people participated in a demonstration in downtown Boston on Tuesday night after what began as a pro-Palestinian protest quickly turned into a riot. In total, 13 people were ...

Ghislaine Maxwell, the sex-trafficking accomplice and former lover of Jeffrey Epstein, is getting "unusually favorable treatment" after arriving at a "Club Fed" prison in Texas, according to a new ...

Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty, who was serving a more than five-year prison sentence for a Florida gun charge, has been released from federal prison custody, records show. The 25-year-old rapper, whose ...

Ex-Lostprophets singer and convicted sex offender Ian Watkins died on Saturday (Oct. 11) after being attacked in prison, the BBC reports. He was 48. The disgraced musician was serving a 29-year ...