Some 350 convicted people are crowded onto Rikers Island awaiting transfer to ... work and is operating with about 75% of its normal staff. State prison officials said they will re-evaluate ...

Eichhöfer says the island is idyllic and peaceful ... Initially, prisoners find integration into Bastøy to be a struggle. At a normal prison, inmates' daily lives are controlled very tightly.

Europe's last remaining prison island, off the coast of Tuscany, marked a major milestone in June with the launch of its 12th vintage of Gorgona bianco, a yield of 9,000 bottles. Gorgona ...

Tours leave Cape Town four times a day, and the trip includes a bus tour of the island and a visit to the prison. The island was first used as a political prison in the mid-1600s; Dutch settlers ...