On Thursday, officials with the Arkansas Department of Corrections announced that escaped inmate, Wayne Schutz, had been ...

Agencies from across the region came together on Thursday to honor a fallen Grayson County correctional officer.

Short jail stays for minor crimes turn deadly when filth and a lack of care let infections run out of control, a USA TODAY ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections reports that Jeremy Hall, an officer at River North Correctional Center, has died ...

High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top.

Francisco Garcia had nothing to lose. Convicted of attempted murder and other crimes, a life in prison loomed. Authorities ...

A Jordanian immigrant on death row lodged complaints against the Houston lawyers who handled his 2018 capital murder trial ...

An inmate's death Sunday at the Keith County Jail in southwest Nebraska is under investigation by the State Patrol.

As an ex-jail guard, I’m astounded how easy it is for inmates to walk out of prison… - COMMENT: …but Ava Vidal, a stand-up ...

DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - The Dorchester County coroner released the name of the inmate who died in custody Wednesday morning. Nathaniel Witherspoon, 71, died at the jail, Coroner Paul ...

Nebraska Corrections wants the ability to let some inmates leave prison early. A state lawmaker sees a link with the ...

An Oklahoma inmate whose life was spared by the governor just moments before he was to receive a lethal injection was later ...