One by one, a dozen Spring Creek inmates were strip-searched, then walked handcuffed and naked to empty cells where they were held for up to 12 hours with no clothing, blanket or mattress, a ...

Ariz. judge delays trial to determine whether Jodi Arias will be executed June 20, 2013— -- Jodi Arias appeared in court today and instead of the blouses and skirts she wore before her murder ...

A vulnerable girl was twice restrained and stripped by male prison officers in a young offenders institution in England, according to a damning new report. The teenager, who will not be named, was ...

Cedar City police are working to identify three teens who were involved in a verbal confrontation at a Walmart on Halloween while wearing blackface and black-and-white striped prisoner costumes. A ...

NAJAF, Iraq – Dhia al-Shweiri spent several stints in Baghdad’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison, twice under Saddam Hussein’s rule and once under American. He prefers Hussein’s torture to the humiliation ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana prison brutally punishes suicidal and mentally ill inmates by isolating them for months or even years, chaining them to wooden chairs and opening windows to expose ...

The Arctic gulag where Putin sends opponents like Alexei Navalny to die forces prisoners to suffer sub zero temperatures and even sees them threatened with rape if they fail to stump up bribes to pay ...

The prisons watchdog has said he was 'deeply shocked' after a vulnerable teenage girl was forcibly strip-searched by male officers at a child jail. Charlie Taylor, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, also ...