The Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation has launched an investigation into the death of a Johnson County inmate on March ...

An inmate was found dead in a cell at Northern State Prison in Newark last week, officials said. Darrell Foye, 60, was found unresponsive at 4:40 p.m. on March 4, the state Department of Corrections ...

A shocking inmate-on-inmate murder at a New Jersey prison is raising serious questions about supervision at the facility. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and state Department of Corrections have ...

Scott County Jail workers allowed a woman in mental distress to repeatedly bang her head against cell walls without ...

Monterey County inmate Gabriel Otero was found dead at Pelican Bay; investigators are probing an apparent homicide.

A 21-year-old Campbell inmate faces additional charges after a sheriff said assaulted multiple corrections officers and attempted to escape his cell.

Ariah Rivera, 22, of Hobart, was charged Tuesday with three counts of sexual misconduct and one misdemeanor count of trafficking with an inmate.

It's more costly to house inmates at higher security levels, but the Michigan Corrections Organization says the system needs ...

A California inmate already serving life in prison for repeated attacks on corrections officers, including the murder of a ...

A Johnson County Jail inmate found unresponsive has died. According to a release, on March 11 at 4:05 a.m. during a routine head count in the Johnson County Jail, staff discovered an unresponsive ...

An inmate was pronounced dead after being found unresponsive in their cell at the Johnson County Jail on Wednesday, according to the Johnson County Sheriff's ...

According to Slidell police, Douglas Koch, 65, was found unresponsive inside his jail cell.