A Lorain County corrections officer is facing six misdemeanor charges after she allegedly performed an illegal cavity search ...

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

The House Oversight Committee is seeking to interview a former federal prison guard who has said she believes she is the last ...

Utica, N.Y. ― A former prison guard from Mid-State Correctional Facility pleaded guilty Thursday to planting evidence after the death of an inmate. Michael Iffert pleaded guilty in Oneida County Court ...

Daniel Morgan was found unresponsive in an isolation cell at Charles B. Webster Detention Center and later died. GBI is investigating.

An Indiana State Prison inmate was injured in a fire on Sunday night.The Indiana State Police said a fire occurred at the ...

Marshall Drake, an inmate at John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Oviedo, was found dead in his cell on Thursday.

A 37-year-old Oakland woman was found dead in Santa Rita Jail Friday, a day after she fell unconscious in a holding cell but ...

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

Convicted paedophile Gary Glitter is reportedly "on his last legs" in his prison cell with his fellow inmates suspecting he will die behind bars.

It’s quite the sight. Inmates bear witness to an awe-inspiring vista of vast open space and natural majesty just before ...