Thomas Blomquist was given a three-year deferred sentence for felony mistreatment of prisoners and six-month deferred term for misdemeanor official misconduct.

Researchers at Brown University and Cincinnati Children’s found that suppressing opsin 3 in the brain of mice makes them eat ...

Robert and David Bintz were convicted of homicide in 2000 but exonerated in 2024 when DNA evidence pointed to a new suspect.

Exclusive: The scale of prison neglect uncovered as figures show almost half of prisoners who took their own lives didn’t get ...

A coroner has hit out at multiple failures in prison and healthcare services at HMP Lowdham Grange which led to the spate of ...

A woman suspected of killing three members of the same family by poisoning a Christmas cake has been found dead in her prison cell in Brazil. Deise Moura dos Anjos was found without vital signs during ...

The film focuses on a series of hunger strikes organized by those incarcerated at California’s Pelican Bay State Prison, in ...

After several meetings since June on the possibilities for a new jail, the Fond du Lac County Jail Ad Hoc Committee released ...

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...

In a plea agreement filed in late January, Benjamin Shoemaker agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy against rights as well as two counts of deprivation of rights.

Andrew Malkinson has been awarded compensation for the miscarriage of justice he suffered – but may have to leave his home as ...

The Idaho Department of Correction requested a nearly $2 million one-time expense to add new technology, equipment and staff ...