A deeply partisan bill that aims to roll back harsh “prison riot” charges against juvenile offenders has now passed both chambers of the Washington State Legislature. The Senate approved House ...

OLYMPIA — Under a new bill passed by the Washington State Senate, youth in juvenile detention centers would no longer be handed prison riot charges after altercations. The Senate describes House ...

The Strangeways Riot remains Britain’s longest and bloodiest prison riot, and was the catalyst for sweeping prison reform. Article continues below In the months before, the prison population had ...

Staff were being warned of notes and messages being passed between increasingly restless inmates of a planned protest in the prison chapel. The tip-offs were largely ignored and what followed sparked ...

A violent riot broke out at Matara Prison around 8:00 PM on April 22, following protests over the transfer of two inmates to Angunakolapelessa Prison. As tensions escalated, inmates in the ...

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 ...

Punk-rock pilgrimage Riot Fest has revealed its 2025 lineup. The three-day music festival, which returns to Chicago’s Douglass Park, will be headlined by Blink-182 on Friday, September 19 ...

Riot Platforms has used its massive Bitcoin stockpile as collateral to secure a $100 million credit facility from Coinbase as the cryptocurrency miner eyes continued expansion. The $100 million ...

Police have launched a manhunt after a convicted murderer absconded from prison. Raymond McCourt, 59, was reported missing to police around 5.30pm on Tuesday after he absconded from HMP Castle ...

Blink-182, Weezer, and Green Day are your headliners for Riot Fest 2025. The 20th iteration of the fest is going down this September 19-21 at Douglass Park in Chicago. Also on this year’s Riot ...