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Inside a High-Security Prison: What They Never Show You

Far from public view, daily life in maximum-security prisons is a mixture of constant tension, extreme protocols, and a deathly silence. Vendin-le-Vieil, the first prison dedicated to France's most ...
MLive

Michigan prison violence spikes as high-security inmates overflow to lower tiers, union says

ST. LOUIS, MI — A shortage of beds for violent prisoners who should be at high-security correctional facilities recently led to a spike in violence at a lower-security facility where they were sent, ...
Reuters

Inmates on hunger strike at French high-security prison for drug traffickers

PARIS, Sept 5 (Reuters) - Inmates at a French high-security prison for dangerous drug traffickers started a hunger strike this week to protest against their detention conditions, a Justice Ministry ...
Reuters

Ecuador transfers 300 high-risk inmates to new maximum-security prison

QUITO, Nov 10 (Reuters) - Ecuador has moved 300 high-risk inmates to a new maximum-security prison on the country's coast, including former Vice President Jorge Glas, President Daniel Noboa said on ...