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 ...

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 ...

The design of the new Storstrøm Prison in Gundslev, Denmark echoes the structure and scale of a small provincial community to stimulate the urge and ability to rejoin society after serving a prison ...

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 ...

The Old Joliet Prison was open for nearly 150 years and has been closed for more than 20. A section of the prison that has been off limits will open to the public later this month, but not as part of ...