Inmates at this historic Arizona prison had to endure brutal heat and punishments like the ball and chain and solitary confinement in a darkened room.

Alcatraz Island Likely the most popular abandoned prison in the U.S., Alcatraz Island, located in San Francisco Bay, is best-known for its time as a maximum-security federal penitentiary. It ...

Survivors recount horror inside Tehran’s Evin Prison after an Israeli airstrike killed dozens, leaving inmates trapped, ...