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 ...

State corrections Officer Cortlen S. Flax was sentenced to five years in prison for an assault that testimony said left a 61-year-old South Woods Prison inmate with a ruptured ear drum. Flax, 37, of ...

For the second time in less than a week, a person being held at the Shasta County Jail has died after being admitted to a hospital for treatment, authorities said. At about 8:45 a.m. on Thursday, Oct.

Tamera Hutcherson is a Dallas-based community organizer who previously worked for the Texas Jail Project. She has written the op-ed below regarding Proposition 3, one of the 17 propositions on the Nov ...

COLUMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — The Columbia County Sheriff's Office says they are investigating the death of an inmate after he was found unresponsive in his cell Friday morning. Police say that at around 6 ...

A fugitive wanted on a child pornography charge in West Virginia was arrested while working as a teacher in Dallas County, Missouri. Jonathan Robert Whatley was taken into custody after a school ...

DALLAS COUNTY, Mo. — A Dallas County teacher has been arrested after an alleged sex crime charge out of West Virginia. Jonathan Whatley’s mugshot, photo courtesy of Dallas County Jail. According to ...

PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. — Five Pinellas County Sheriff's Office deputies were fired after what the sheriff called "reprehensible conduct" involving the harassment of inmates. Sheriff Bob Gualtieri ...

One case involved four deputies who ridiculed a woman as she struggled to urinate while handcuffed. Another deputy sprayed an inmate with Lysol. Dan Sullivan is a criminal justice reporter. Reach him ...

An autopsy will be scheduled to determine why the man died. The Shasta County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit is investigating the in-custody death. A 24-year-old inmate found unresponsive in his ...

MEANWHILE, NEW DETAILS ON ANTOINE MASSEE APPEARING IN COURT TODAY AFTER HIS MAY 16TH ESCAPE FROM THE ORLEANS PARISH JAIL. WE NOW KNOW THAT A TRIAL DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR DECEMBER, THIS AFTER ATTORNEYS ...

Three men serving life sentences in the California prison system, two of whom have visible Nazi face tattoos, are accused of attacking and killing another inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison in ...