A report found up to 70% of guard positions were unfilled at some prisons. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice has a 26% ...

Members of the Texas Anti-Gang Unit were searching for 34-year-old Shane Lester regarding a parole violation, according to a statement from the Lubbock County Sheriff's Office. He was also a ...

Start your Independent Premium subscription today. Thousands of prisoners should be moved to open prisons to tackle overcrowding and help prepare inmates for release, a former justice secretary ...

Some 6,000 prisoners broke free from a high-security prison in the Mozambican capital, Maputo, on Wednesday, according to police authorities, as weeks-long post-election violence continues to rock ...

1:29 Mozambique protests: Police fire tear gas at biggest demonstration yet against disputed election At least 6,000 inmates escaped from a high-security prison in Mozambique’s capital on ...

Outside of business, even his political involvement tied back to the Lone Star State given his political action committee that funneled millions into President-elect Donald Trump's campaign was ...

Hundreds of inmates have escaped a prison riot in Mozambique's capital which has left 33 people dead and 15 injured. About 1,534 people managed to flee the jail in Maputo on Wednesday, but 150 of ...

A prison riot in Mozambique’s capital Maputo left 33 people dead and 15 injured, the country’s police general commander Bernardino Rafael said on Wednesday. About 1,534 people escaped from the ...

(AP Photo/Kim Chandler, File)(Kim Chandler / AP) Seven people charged with federal crimes in Texas are among those ... which was in a maximum-security unit in the prison, according to the Beaumont ...

Trudeau's transgender prison policies an open net for the Conservatives You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...

Former England midfielder George Eastham, a member of England's 1966 World Cup-winning team who was best known for his social activism, has died. He was 88. Stoke City Football Club announced ...