MANILA, Philippines (AP) — About 100 inmates in an overcrowded jail climbed atop the roof of a prison building in the central Philippines and noisily protested with raised fists and placards, saying ...

A member of the Special Action Forces of the Philippine National Police mans the gates of the main building of the National Penitentiary following a riot inside a building housing "high-profile ...

KIDAPAWAN CITY, Philippines — A manhunt is underway in the Philippines after an armed raid led to a mass prison escape. As many as 158 inmates fled the North Cotabato District Jail in Kidapawan City ...

These chilling photos show the overcrowded and disease-ridden prison in the Philippines where a Brit mob boss is locked up. Darren Wall, 44, was arrested with his wife Khanary Jane Abejo, 23, in a ...

Manila, 20 Sep (efe_epa).Manila, 20 Sep (efe_epa). — The Philippines Lower House on Wednesday listened to testimonies from prison inmates on the proliferation of drugs inside the New Bilibid Prison ...

Twenty-one inmates who ran from a Philippine prison during an armed raid have been recaptured, officials said Thursday. As many as 158 inmates fled the North Cotabato District Jail in Kidapawan City ...

The Philippine president on Wednesday fired the government’s top prison official amid a public outcry over the release of hundreds of prisoners, including convicted drug traffickers and rapists, under ...

The bodies of 70 inmates from the Philippines' largest prison were laid to rest Friday in a mass burial, weeks after their decomposing remains were discovered in a ...

MANILA, Philippines – A fire destroyed a dormitory at a maximum-security prison in the central Philippines, killing 10 inmates, officials said Friday. The blaze Thursday was the second in two years to ...

A prison officer gestures following the escape of more than 150 inmates after gunmen stormed a prison in North Cotabato province, southern Philippines, January 4. A prison officer gestures following ...

(CNN) -- A manhunt continues in the Philippines after an armed raid led to a mass prison escape. As many as 158 inmates fled the North Cotabato District Jail in Kidapawan City in the southern ...