As North Carolina officials look to reduce their use of solitary confinement, several mentally ill inmates have killed ...

Authorities have captured three more escaped inmates from New Orleans, and two still remain at large. Find out which ones are ...

United States President Donald Trump commuted the federal drugs-and-extortion sentence of former Chicago gang leader, Larry ...

A jail maintenance worker told police he turned off the water in a cell after an inmate threatened to “shank him.” ...

The accused, 33-year-old Sterling Williams, is facing one count of malfeasance in office and 10 counts of principal to simple ...

The cell block was freezing, and the constant fear of roaches crawling inside his ears caused him to keep his clothes, boots, ...

Right next to it, a metal toilet and sink had been ripped from the wall ... called the Orleans Parish Justice Center, at around 1 a.m. A civilian employee of the sheriff’s office who was ...

With accounts of overcrowded cells, filth-choked showers, and a kitchen sink that drained directly onto the floor, a new state watchdog report about conditions at the Garden State Youth Correctional ...

ROCKWELL CITY, Iowa (KTIV) - A Northwest Iowa correctional facility is working to set its inmates up for success by providing them with a higher education while serving their time. KTIV was ...

The Wernersville Community Corrections Center, a facility that has for years been a source of frustration and angst for local law-enforcement and government officials, will officially shut its ...

Indiana has embarked on its most ambitious state building project yet, breaking ground on the $1.2 billion Westville Correctional Facility. Announced as the largest and most expensive project in the ...

Coxsackie, NY — A violent altercation erupted at a medium-security correctional facility last weekend, resulting in injuries to five officers and a lieutenant, according to the New York State ...