Peterhead Prison Museum has announced the return of its guided tours, with guests offered a unique opportunity to step back in time and explore the fascinating history of Scotland’s former 'Toughest ...

The former Peterhead Prison is set to launch guided tours next month, giving visitors an even more in depth behind the scenes look at the Aberdeenshire tourist attraction. In celebration of the new ...

A member of a theft ring that stole numerous objects—including works by Andy Warhol and Jackson Pollock—from museums over a 20-year span was sentenced to eight years in prison on Thursday (13 ...

The Army engineers' administrative staff for the Heart Mountain prison camp took over Cody ... created from Roosevelt’s order ...

The Russian government has unleashed a wave of repression against L.G.B.T.Q. people, with the police raiding gay night clubs and investigators targeting people they suspect of being gay.

They were American tourists hoping for a good time, they said. Then they became captives of an autocratic government. They were American tourists hoping for a good time, they said. Then they ...

This week government figures are likely to show the prison population back to where it was before the last early release scheme. But even though hundreds of prisoners have served only 40% of ...

El Salvador’s Cecot mega-prison was notorious long before the Trump administration’s recent decision to deport hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members there. The Center for Terrorism ...

Over 250 gang members have been brought to El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) after the Trump administration defied a federal judge's ruling. This move is part of a larger ...

Hundreds of alleged Venezuelan gang members awaiting deportation from the US have been transferred to a high-security mega-prison in El Salvador as part of Donald Trump's vow to crack down on ...

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The crown jewel of El Salvador’s aggressive anti-crime strategy — a mega-prison where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed — became the ...