Hundreds of inmates at HMP Durham are being made subject to "unhygienic" and overcrowded living conditions, a watchdog has revealed.

Muskingum County deputies are searching for Austen K. Grindley, 20, last seen March 16 leaving his Zanesville apartment.

A paperwork breakdown in Texas county jails has kept some people locked up after judges say they are free to go. The Dallas County jail held Jessica Jackson an extra 49 days even though a judge ...

Was former Erie County corrections officer Niko Carter prosecuted for contraband — or punished for reporting misconduct?

A guard at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center jail was charged Wednesday with abusing his authority by sexually abusing a detainee — after the feds recovered his DNA on the inmate’s ...

James Johnson, a correction officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center, first abused a male inmate inside a chaplain’s office, prosecutors said.

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 ...

Exactly when and how the coronavirus first entered the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center remains unknown. According to a March 30, 2020 statement on the Sheriff's Office website, an inmate in his ...

UPDATE, 4:21 p.m.: Authorities told KLFY News 10 that escaped inmate, Joseph Harrington, 26, of Melville has committed suicide. Deputies said crews are investigating the area of Port Barre near the ...

Vulnerable prisoners inside one of the country’s most overcrowded prisons are being put at risk, a watchdog has warned, after 16 self-inflicted deaths in three years. HMP Leeds recorded the highest ...

HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) — Hays County said it has been successful in bringing back inmates incarcerated in outside counties. For the past several years, due to staffing issues and limited jail space ...

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