CNN’s Jean Casarez explores the similarities between the escape of convicted killers Richard Matt and David Sweat with the 2006 prison break of Ralph “Bucky” Phillips.

The United States makes 10 billion bullets or 31 bullets for every man, woman and child in the country.

Investigators are looking to see if tools used in the prison escape were hidden inside a frozen chunk of hamburger meat. CNN’s Jason Carroll reports.

Over five thousand troops from various countries’ armies, navies and air forces have taken part in a multinational NATO maritime exercise in the Baltic sea.

President Obama’s goal to close the US naval-based prison at Guantanamo in Cuba moved another step closer as six Yemeni inmates were flown to Oman for resettlement. The Pentagon released the news […]

Seven months ago, this video shocked the US. It shows a 12-year-old boy playing with a toy gun. Responding to a 911 call, the police rolled up and before the cruiser even […]

CNN’s Dan Simon looks into the relationships of women and prisoners.

After spending 43 years in solitary confinement, a US judge has ordered Albert Woodfox to be let out of prison. Yet the Louisiana Attorney General asked the court to block his release.

Morten Storm grew up in a small Danish town. He led a troubled life and converted to Islam. At age 21, he befriended one of the most-wanted Al Qaeda terrorists: Anwar al-Awlaki. […]

Surveillance video of the shooting death of Boston terror suspect Usaamah Rahim has been released.