From fortress-like isolation to cutting-edge surveillance, these seven prisons are designed to be escape-proof.

Buried deep in Colorado's Mountains lies America's most secure prison. ADX Florence is where the U.S. government buries its ...

Ohio's youth prisons face ongoing staff shortages, increased violence, and rising solitary confinement hours. Inspections at Indian River and Circleville juvenile correctional facilities revealed ...

Human rights groups have called on the Saudi authorities to immediately release a 51-year-old mother of five who has been held in solitary confinement since February. Ten NGOs, including Alqst ...

cartel bosses—in solitary cells for 23 hours a day. In fact, it's called "the Alcatraz of the Rockies." No one has ever escaped. Former warden Robert Hood once memorably described ADX Florence ...