Two French prison officers have been killed in an ambush ... from passing bus Roadblocks have been set up across north-west France, with police following up on every tip-off.

A banner reading "dead prison" hangs outside La Santé prison ... he was returned to jail from a court hearing in Rouen. How the France police van ambush and prisoner escape unfolded But across ...

A suspected drugs boss nicknamed “The Fly” escaped when masked gunmen ambushed his prison van in northern France in a brazen attack that left two guards dead. The horror unfolded at a motorway ...

France will open its first prison dedicated to isolating the country's top 100 drug lords in July as part of efforts to stop inmates from running criminal networks from behind bars. However some ...

Four medical staff members and a prison guard are held hostage at the prison in Arles, in France's department of Bouches-du-Rhône, local media reported. The five staff members were taken hostage ...

PARIS – A prison inmate surrendered on Jan 3 after taking five staff hostage in the southern French city of Arles for several hours, authorities said. The convicted rapist armed with a handmade ...