A former corrections officer has been found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal beating of an inmate at Mid-State ...

Brazil has a nationwide program that lets prisoners cut their sentences by reading books and proving they understood them.

Utica, N.Y. — A jury found a former New York state corrections officer guilty on five of six charges in the beating death of ...

An inmate in the Elayn Hunt Correctional Center in Iberville Parish died Tuesday, and the cause of death is under ...

Search continues for Hancock County inmate ...

The sheriff said the operation was a scheduled security shakedown aimed at locating prohibited items. During the search, deputies recovered multiple homemade weapons ...

A Nashville correctional officer was hospitalized earlier this month after an inmate allegedly slipped out of his cell without authorization and attacked her, leaving her with a concussion, torn ...

LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW) — An inmate in the La Crosse County Jail passed away from a medical emergency Saturday, March 28. A ...

The Lawton Police Department are asking the public to locate Donald Compton, an escaped inmate.

Authorities are searching for a Clark County inmate awaiting trial for multiple violent felonies who escaped from Western State Hospital.

The Justice Department says it will investigate allegations that Maine has allowed a transgender inmate to remain housed with women despite complaints that the inmate has assaulted or harassed other ...