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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...