An inmate at a private prison in Ohio is suing after he says he was tied up and assaulted by other inmates while it was ...

We commend state Reps. Latyna Humphrey and Marilyn John — a Democrat and a Republican — for working together on HB 29, a ...

The Ohio House unanimously passed House Bill 29 on Wednesday, which would require all jails and prisons in the state that ...

Nick Mordowanec is a Newsweek investigative reporter based in Michigan. His focus includes U.S. and international politics and policies, immigration, crime and social issues. Other reporting has ...

Inmates at a Missouri prison have filed a lawsuit claiming they're suffering from life-threatening extreme heat in their un-air-conditioned cells during the summer. The suit claims that the ...

The Ohio prison system opens and scans letters and cards and then delivers the material to inmates on their state-issued tablets. At four prisons, legal mail from attorneys to inmates is also ...

Ten inmates, including four accused of murder, slipped out of a New Orleans jail early Friday morning and managed to stay under the radar for over seven hours. Their escape, now captured on ...

Photos released ... around it. The inmates appeared to have written messages around the opening in the wall, including "To Easy Lol" and "We Innocent." Inside of a prison cell where the escape ...

Nearly a dozen inmates escaped from a New Orleans jail ... at 10:30 a.m. that there were 11 escapees from the sheriff’s prison. Kirkpatrick said when notified, she immediately offered any ...

Photos released Friday by the Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office offer a look at how officials believe 10 inmates escaped from a jail in New Orleans. The photos appear to show a large, rectangular ...