BEAUMONT, Texas — One inmate died two days after a fight involving multiple inmates at the United States Penitentiary Beaumont on Monday evening. Two others were hospitalized, and a fourth was treated ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. French Minister of Justice Gérald Darmanin speaks during a visit to French Guiana on May 18, 2025. - Ronan Lietar/AFP/Getty Images ...

Deep in the Amazon jungle, France plans to open a $450 million high-security prison to isolate drug lords and radical Islamists—turning a notorious former penal colony into a fortress for modern ...

President Trump is asking Congress for $152 million to reopen Alcatraz as a high-security federal prison. The request appears in the White House’s proposed fiscal year 2027 budget and would cover the ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — France plans to build a maximum-security prison wing for drug traffickers and Islamic militants near a former penal colony in French Guiana, sparking an outcry among residents ...

In an epic case of, “Tag, you’re it!,” the French government is building a “high-security prison” in the middle of the Amazon jungle in French Guiana. This prison will house the most dangerous ...

(CNN) — France is planning to build a brand new high-security prison in the Amazon rainforest, near the site of the notorious Devil’s Island penal colony that inspired the 1973 movie “Papillon,” ...