The popular image of a prison is that of a massive, intimidating building with bars in the windows and a high wall around the outside. But that's not what Hunt/Lydig, joint venture contractor for the ...

The Waupun Correctional Institution, the oldest prison in Wisconsin built in the 1850s, sits in the middle of a residential neighborhood (Photo | Wisconsin Examiner) The State of Wisconsin Building ...

For the third consecutive day on Thursday, a bill that would authorize $750 million in spending authority to the state Department of Corrections for costs associated with prison construction in ...

New York has closed more than two dozen prisons in recent decades. Five more could be on the chopping block in the next year. The state wants to downsize its prison system since there are fewer ...

Levels of violence have increased at a prison in West Yorkshire and some inmates do not feel safe enough to leave their cells, according to inspectors. Representatives from His Majesty's Inspectorate ...

A now-closed immigration detention center in the Florida Everglades known as “Alligator Alcatraz.” New, foreign-funded “model” prisons rising across the Caribbean. And El Salvador’s CECOT mega-prison, ...

The building was constructed in 1842 and served as a prison and court room. The Liberty of Peterborough Constabulary, a ...

LARAMIE – Wyoming State Parks has announced the partial closure of the Historic Prison Building at the Wyoming Territorial Prison State Historic Site for the installation of a replacement lighting ...