Security officials at Arizona’s Lewis prison first identified problems with inmates defeating the cell door locking system at least 13 years ago, according to internal security documents and video ...

A lot of things fueled the July 18 riot at the Dolph Briscoe Unit in southwest Texas. Prisoners were increasingly upset about the coronavirus pandemic. They couldn’t have visitors or make phone calls.

The detention facility that the U.S. built in Afghanistan is state-of-the-art. Except for all of the faulty hinges on the cell doors. Or the locks that are, in the words of a new report from the ...

Westmoreland officials said a review of security protocols at the county jail is underway after an inmate used a piece of paper to escape from his cell and then assaulted a guard making early-morning ...

PHOENIX — A newly released report outlines major changes recommended for Lewis prison and the Arizona Department of Corrections after video surfaced in April of inmates streaming out of their cells ...

Florida prison officials say a computer “glitch” may be to blame for opening all of the doors at a maximum security wing simultaneously, setting prisoners free and allowing gang members to pursue a ...

Officer David Nash doesn’t remember much from the night he was violently attacked inside Arizona’s Lewis Prison. “I remember another corrections officer pulling me out of the pod,” he said. “I ...