Prison breaks
Prison workers comfort each other after a news conference in front of the Anamosa State Penitentiary in Anamosa, Iowa, on Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Lorena Schulte, a nurse and Robert McFarland, a correctional officer were killed by an inmate in the infirmary during an escape attempt. An inmate was also injured in the assault. (Jim Slosiarek/The Gazette via AP)
Police: Inmates killed 2 Iowa prison staff in escape attempt

By Ryan J. Foley Mar. 24, 2021 05:16 PM EDT

Students wearing face masks and maintain social distancing as a precaution against the coronavirus wait to enter the school in Bengaluru, India, Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. The southern state of Karnataka on Friday opened schools for students of grade 10 and 12 after a gap of more than nine months. India has more than 10 million cases of coronavirus, second behind the United States. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)
Asia Today: Bangkok shuts schools, entertainment venues

Dec. 31, 2020 10:54 PM EST

Sri Lankan inmates of the Mahara prison come out from a damaged building following an overnight unrest in Mahara, outskirts of Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, Nov. 30, 2020. Sri Lankan officials say six inmates were killed and 35 others were injured when guards opened fire to control a riot at a prison on the outskirts of the capital. Two guards were critically injured. Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka's overcrowded prisons. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)
Sri Lankan prison riot leaves 8 inmates dead, 59 injured

By Bharatha Mallawarachi Nov. 29, 2020 01:57 PM EST

Trial in killing of Tennessee prison official moved to 2021

Oct. 19, 2020 05:09 PM EDT
RIPLEY, Tenn. (AP) — The trial of a Tennessee convict charged with killing a corrections official before escaping prison on a tractor has been delayed until...

Man gets jail for violating COVID-19 ban on large parties

Sep. 26, 2020 02:42 PM EDT
LA PLATA, Md. (AP) — Prosecutors say a Maryland man who disregarded police orders to break up a party has been sentenced to a year in jail for violating the...

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2020, file photo, former Nissan Chairman Carlos Ghosn speaks to Japanese media during an interview in Beirut, Lebanon. Two American men wanted by Japan on charges that they helped sneak former Nissan Motor Co. Chairman Carlos Ghosn out of the country in a box have again been denied release from a U.S. jail. U.S. District Judge Indira Talwani on Friday, Aug. 7, rejected a bid to release Michael Taylor and Peter Taylor on bail while they fight their extradition to Japan. (Meika Fujio/Kyodo News via AP)
2 accused in ex-Nissan boss' escape denied release from jail

By Alanna Durkin Richer Aug. 08, 2020 01:43 PM EDT

Man whose protective mask helped in jail escape is caught

May. 11, 2020 03:22 PM EDT
CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities have captured a man who escaped from a Chicago jail by wearing a coronavirus protective mask and pretending to be another detainee...

Inmate caught after blaming prison escape on COVID-19

By Jonathan Drew Apr. 21, 2020 01:21 PM EDT
A convicted drug trafficker who says he escaped a federal prison in North Carolina because he feared he would catch the coronavirus behind bars has surrendered...

Medical firm staff work in a lab on coronavirus testing kits just outside Tehran, Iran, Saturday, April 11, 2020. A medical firm outside west of Tehran launched the production line of serology-based test kits that can discover whether a person has ever been exposed to the novel coronavirus or suffered from the COVID-19 disease and recovered or not. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)
Iran begins lifting restrictions after brief virus lockdown

By Amir Vahdat Apr. 11, 2020 07:05 AM EDT

This March 6, 2020 photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Correction in shows Jeremiah Hobbs. For the second time this week, an inmate has escaped from a minimum security prison in southeast Oklahoma where one inmate, four workers and a probation officer tested positive for the coronavirus, the Oklahoma Department of Corrections said Thursday, April 9, 2020. Hobbs, 40, walked away Thursday from the Jackie Brannon Correctional Center in McAlester where he was serving an eight-year sentence for burglary. (Oklahoma Department of Correction via AP)
Oklahoma minimum-security prison has second escape in a week

Apr. 09, 2020 04:42 PM EDT