Azkaban started out as the lair of evil wizard Ekrizdis before becoming a magical prison in the Harry Potter franchise.

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A UK prison officer has been jailed for 12 months after she admitted to having an "inappropriate" relationship with an inmate. Toni Cole, who worked at HMP Five Wells in Wellingborough ...

There are 42 facilities where some 31,000 people convicted of crimes go to serve their time, and in 41 of them, at least some guards are engaged ... These wildcat prison strikes are not authorized ...

Six New York prison guards were indicted for murder after body cam footage revealed them fatally beating inmate Robert Brooks. The case has sparked outrage, with calls for justice and prison reform.

His cell was lavishly furnished, and guards would join him to listen to the radio often. He even had his own personal bedding. Due to mounting concern over Al Capone’s extravagant prison lifestyle, he ...

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Six New York prison guards have been indicted for second-degree murder in the beating death of a handcuffed inmate, a brutal incident captured on body-worn cameras that ...

Six prison guards have been indicted for second-degree murder in the beating death of Robert Brooks, an incarcerated person in an upstate prison. Four other corrections workers were charged with ...

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. The New York state prison system is teetering on ...

The union representing state prison guards said they did not authorize this strike and concede it is illegal. The striking guards could be fined or face other sanctions. As union leaders met with ...