Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Franklin County jail, opened in 1887 at 36 E. Fulton St. in downtown Columbus, was the scene of two inmate riots in 1966 over ...

William Harris, 22, was sentenced May 16 to a year in prison after agreeing to plead no contest to a reduced charge of third-degree assault, a misdemeanor. Harris initially had ...

(WKRG) – Disturbing cell phone videos that have surfaced from inside Holman Prison during two riots are proof enough that there is a contraband problem. After Friday’s riot, authorities confiscated at ...

BEATTYVILLE, Ky. A wooden guard tower was the first target for inmates who rioted earlier this year at the Lee Adjustment Center. With a guard still inside, inmates used large concrete ashtrays to ...

MACON, Ga. — Another inmate who was involved in the riot at the Washington State Prison last weekend has died. Washington County Coroner Mark Hodges confirmed on Saturday that another offender ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. California State Prison, Sacramento, once known as New Folsom, was opened in 1986 and is adjacent to Folsom State Prison, ...

DAVISBORO, Ga. (WJBF) – A prison riot over the weekend has left three inmates dead and more than a dozen hospitalized. The reported riot happened Sunday afternoon around 1 p.m. here at the Washington ...

Seven inmates died amid unrest at a prison in the eastern Mexico state of Veracruz, authorities said Sunday, with 11 other prisoners suffering injuries. The fighting first broke out Saturday afternoon ...

SOLEDAD, Calif. -- Dozens of inmates were injured Wednesday in a riot at the Correctional Training Facility in Soledad. The large-scale riot began when about 200 inmates began fighting on the yard, ...

HARTSVILLE, Tenn. - District Attorney Jason Lawson of Tennessee’s 15th Judicial District announced 12 inmates have been charged for their role in a riot at the state’s largest prison earlier in June.

On May 8, 1966, Franklin County jail inmates revolted against the conditions in the jail. Called the “Mother’s Day Riot” in The Columbus Dispatch, inmates smashed about fifty windows, ripped out two ...