New US inspired supermax units are to be introduced in UK prisons to house extremist inmates following the alleged attack on three prison guards at HMP Durham Frankland in 2025 by Manchester Arena ...

A "wanted" sex offender who failed to tell the police he was sleeping in a public bin has been put behind bars.

After being convicted of killing seven infants, Lucy Letby was handed 15 life sentences ...

Where is Lucy Letby now? Netflix’s new documentary has reignited interest in the British neonatal nurse convicted of killing newborns. Here’s the latest on where things stand today.

Formerly incarcerated nonprofit leader Kerwin Pittman bought a closed NC prison to transform it into a reentry and workforce ...

The penitentiary officially closed on March 21, 1963 after being in operation for nearly three decades.

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- At an event inside the Executive Mansion Thursday, Governor Josh Stein signed an executive order ...

Patricia Ayers, 32, was arrested in 2024 in her boyfriend Mikel Johnson's death. But Durham police may have charged the wrong woman.

Note: The accompanying video explains how Crime Stoppers pays for anonymous tips on crime. DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) – Two people ...

One ex-guard who worked across the country’s maximum security jails told Metro: ‘Nothing can stop prisoners from making ...

Police say an officer, inmate and third suspect ran a drug smuggling operation inside Wilmington’s Howard Young prison from ...