Four inmates face additional charges after allegedly assaulting a deputy and sparking a two-minute disturbance.

Deputies and correctional officers regained control of a county jail housing unit after a disturbance broke out during a planned search for contraband on Friday, Sheriff Levon Allen said. The ...

Video presented in court shows two guards fist-bumping shortly after prosecutors have said guards brutally beat the inmate ...

The U.S. Justice Department is investigating whether California and Maine violate female inmates’ rights by housing them with ...

Shad Boccella pleaded guilty but mentally ill Thursday to third-degree murder for killing Elliott Funkhouser in their cell in ...

The Trump administration said it had sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom informing him of a federal investigation into two ...

The Crockett County Sheriff's Office has launched a manhunt for a recently escaped Crockett County Jail inmate.

Several transgender inmates, including a convicted MS-13 gang member, are lining up to join a class action lawsuit brought by ...

A downstate woman gave birth while incarcerated after labor was induced without her consent, she writes. She is suing the ...

Correctional staff are routinely exposed to high-stress environments, with inmate self-harm emerging as one of the most emotionally corrosive and ethically complex dimensions of prison life. While ...

THIS IS 40/29 NEWS AT SIX. >> WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. AUTHORITIES ARE LOOKING FOR AN INMATE WHO WALKED AWAY FROM AN OKLAHOMA PRISON. THIS IS A PICTURE OF LAW ENFORCEMENT THAT LAW ENFORCEMENT ...