Dijon, France — France on Friday caught one of two detainees who used bed sheets to escape from prison a day earlier after sawing through the bars of their cell, a prosecutor said. France has some of ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Needless to say, prison is not the sort of place you want to end up in, which is perhaps why prison escape movies have proven so popular ...

In 2002, Sarah Jo Pender was found guilty on two counts of first-degree murder and sentenced to 110 years in prison. Little did prosecutors, or the public, know the most shocking part of her story was ...

Eastern State Penitentiary couldn't contain everyone in its stone walls. While the historic site was an active prison, about 100 people inside it escaped over ladders, through the gatehouse window and ...

Watch recordings of recent KQED Live events. Donor-Advised Funds Support KQED by using your donor-advised fund to make a charitable gift. As all good Bay Area history nerds know, Alcatraz Prison ...

A 22-year-old thief named for the late John F. Kennedy has caused an uproar in Peru by escaping from prison, shouting out thanks to God as he dashed to freedom, according to video footage that has ...

From solving an escape room challenge to walking through historic prison cells, prison tourism is drawing curious travellers ...