A Spokane County Jail inmate is facing a first-degree assault charge after allegedly attempting to attack a corrections ...

The Trump administration and the president of El Salvador said they struck a deal allowing the U.S. to ship detained migrants ...

A prison officer has been hospitalised after being slashed in the face by a violent inmate in Mountjoy jail. The suspect for ...

The jail introduced its first K-9 officer last week after months of planning. Already this week, Deborah found what officers suspect to be methamphetamine on the old clothes of an inmate before ...

A jail deputy in Morgan County has been fired and criminally charged after he allegedly battered an inmate. Jacob Ewert, 31, of Martinsville, was charged this week with felony battery and official ...

A Black jail inmate who was dragged across a concrete floor by a rope attached to his handcuffed wrists is suing the Clark County Sheriff's Office.

The two largest companies that manage detention centers and correctional facilities are highly likely to profit from aggressive immigration policies ... Prisons can force inmates to work for little or ...

SOMERSET, Pa. – An investigation is underway by state police in Somerset into the death of a Philadelphia inmate at SCI-Somerset. Kenneth Hollibaugh, superintendent of SCI-Somerset, reported ...

FILE - This photo shows the gurney in the execution chamber at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma, Oct. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File) “One of the most bizarre cases ...

Malone, NY — An incident at the Upstate Correctional Facility on January 22 led to 20 staff members being hospitalized after an inmate became physically aggressive with staff during a transport ...

when the inmate got physically aggressive, investigators said. Several staff near the inmate then felt lightheaded and began throwing up. Narcan was given to some of the staff. Thankfully ...