A Jefferson County sheriff's deputy cannot be held liable for failing to prevent an aggressive inmate from attacking another man in the county jail, a federal judge decided last month. U.S. Magistrate ...

HOT SPRINGS, Ark.-- Garland County officials said they are still searching for Escaped Inmate Derrick Estell, 34. They said dozens of citizens have called with tips. They said they are now working ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — The “Connecticut Cannibal” Tyree Smith will be released from prison soon, a decision that has caused a lot of controversy across the state. News 8 has obtained prison ...

WILKES-BARRE — The use of force to subdue or restrain inmates is on the rise at the Luzerne County prison on Water Street, and officials pin the blame largely on an increase in confrontational and ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Inmates at a maximum-security prison in southern Illinois reported concern about "aggressive cellmates" shortly before a string of killings at the penitentiary, according to a ...

A male inmate at the Fourth Avenue Jail in Phoenix was hospitalized on Wednesday morning after he became "combative" with officers and subsequently needed CPR, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff ...

SUSSEX COUNTY, Va. — A K-9 officer died in the line of duty Tuesday while protecting a corrections officer from an attack by MS-13 gang members in a Virginia prison, officials said. The incident ...

IONIA, Mich. (AP) — Few states have been more aggressive in releasing inmates and diverting offenders than Michigan, where prison costs were spiraling out of control a decade ago. After easing parole ...

SPRINGFIELD — Inmates at a maximum-security prison in southern Illinois reported concern about “aggressive cellmates’’ shortly before a string of murders at the penitentiary, according to a report by ...