The replacement of the Erie County Prison roof will cost almost $2 million, if county council says okay. The project was included on the agenda for tonight’s meeting of the council finance ...

Two inmates at a prison in Kent gained access to a building roof. A spokesman for the Ministry of Justice said the incident at HMP Rochester was "quickly resolved and there was no impact on the ...

A firefighting operation is underway at the Yekaterinburg, Russia's maximum-security penal colony. According to Russian media ...

Prison bosses have launched an investigation after an inmate managed to stage a 12-hour protest on the roof of HMP Manchester. The building, still known to many by its former name Strangeways ...

and they will now serve life in prison without the possibility of parole rather than face execution, according to the White House. Charleston church shooter Dylann Roof, 30, was one of three ...

The prisoners could use ropes, pulleys, and a counterweight to propel the glider along the roof. Goldfinch presented his idea to Dick Howe, head of the prison's escape committee, who approved it.

In this case, the reduction is to serving out life in prison rather than the prospect of being put to death. Roof, Tsarnaev and Bowers could still be executed.