STILLWATER, Minn. -- A landmark structure at the site of Minnesota's oldest prison crumbled in a spectacular blaze of flames, a loss to history lovers and developers who wanted to convert the complex ...

Some of Scotland's most notorious criminals have passed though its doors for over 100 years - and now Barlinnie Prison is to be recognised as one of Scotland's most significant buildings. The late ...

My first experience with a prison town was visiting my father while he was caged in the Taylorville Correctional Facility of Illinois. He was arrested for distribution of a controlled substance. I was ...

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 ...

When a new addition to the Lancaster County Prison opened in 1991, it featured an electronic system for opening and closing secured doors, a single cell for each person, a library considered the ...

Central Appalachia has one of the highest concentrations of state and federal prisons in the United States. Sylvia Ryerson, Judah Schept, and Anya Slepyan discuss the opportunity costs of prison ...