A detention officer at Lexington Correctional Center, identified as Daniel Ackah, was arrested Wednesday and is accused of sexually assaulting an inmate following an incident reported March 13. The ...

According to CBS Pittsburgh, Fahringer admitted to police that she had a physical relationship with the inmate while counseling him. The criminal complaint also quotes the man saying he felt pressured ...

The California Prison Harm Record, a newly formed coalition of families with incarcerated loved ones, announced the launch of a private documentation initiative designed to collect and organize ...

A Blair County judge ruled Friday that the Cambria County Prison is providing a juvenile with sufficient “sight and sound” housing away from adult inmates after the juvenile notified his attorney of ...

ALFRED, Maine — York County Jail has earned a 100 percent score on its recent biennial state inspection. That means the ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The McLennan County jail nurse who may have exposed about a dozen inmates to the virus that causes AIDS has been fired, the county’s attorney confirmed Tuesday. While the ...

The ruling is the latest development in the long-running legal fight over whether the Bureau of Prisons could transfer inmates to ADX Florence, sometimes known as the “Alcatraz of the Rockies,” after ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Seven L.A. County jail inmates died in January, followed by two more deaths so far in February. “It’s not off to a ...

Maryland correctional authorities have recorded seven inmate deaths over the past two months, a pattern that criminal justice experts say points to deeper challenges inside the state’s prisons. “The ...

A second inmate escaped the custody of the Tarrant County Sheriff's Office in as many days, apparently emboldened by an attempted escape the day before, the sheriff says. Tarrant County Sheriff Bill ...

NEWTOWN — An inmate at Garner Correctional Institution was found dead Monday just two days after an inmate was found dead in a different state prison, officials say. In a statement, Andrius Banevicius ...

Authorities announced the death of Marvin Knuckles at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex Marvin Knuckles Facebook Marvin Knuckles, an inmate at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex, died ...