Erie County Executive Brenton Davis' project let inmates leave to clear snow, do other cleanups. Judges, DA say Davis failed ...

An escaped inmate charged in a Cherokee County officer's death was federally indicted. State charges continue as prosecutors ...

A female inmate at the Yuba County Jail reported to staff that she was sexually assaulted by Matthew Troy Babb, a correctional officer employed by the Yuba County Sheriff’s Office, according to a news ...

Giuseppe Aiello's troubling arrest in Fair Lawn spiraled into a serious jail attack, prompting a federal lawsuit.

ATLANTA (AP) — The only escaped Louisiana inmate who remained on the run following an audacious May jailbreak in which 10 men crawled through a hole behind a toilet has been found in Atlanta, the U.S.

Federal Bureau of Prisons records showed the Memphis rapper was no longer in the agency's custody. He was initially set to be ...

The population in America’s big jails and state prisons plunged by 170,000 this spring amid the coronavirus pandemic, Reuters has found in a survey of facilities around the country. All told, ...

Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect new information. One of three Madison County Jail escaped inmates, Brandon Forbes, 43, is back in custody, according to the Madison County Sheriff ...

An affidavit filed in Wyandotte County District Court has revealed details surrounding the death of Wyandotte County inmate ...

A white Kansas sheriff’s deputy charged with murder in the death of a Black jail inmate shoved his knee into the cuffed man’s back for one minute and 26 seconds after he ...

PENNSYLVANIA (WTAJ) — A Pennsylvania man has been charged after a woman and an inmate died and multiple other inmates overdosed on fentanyl. Davi Roman, 29, of New Kensington, is facing two counts of ...