A manhunt is underway after a Waller County inmate escaped custody at Bellville Hospital near Highway 159, according to police.

Two inmates at the Marcy Correctional Facility were resuscitated by correctional officers after recently being found unconscious, according to the New York State Correctional Officer and Police ...

Officers at Marcy Correctional Facility performed CPR on two inmates and administered multiple doses of Narcan after ...

The state's private prisons see higher numbers of deaths and sexual assaults while providing less opportunity for support and education.

Dana Riner said her son developed schizophrenia while in isolation for two years at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center.

The feds wrapped up their over civil rights investigation into the long-troubled jail and announced their findings during a ...

MICHIGAN CITY — Sentencing is scheduled for an Indiana State Prison inmate who suddenly agreed to serve life without parole for killing a correctional officer from LaPorte. Ty’Metri Campbell was about ...

An inmate was killed and 12 more were injured after a sports game descended into a prison riot in Thailand this week. A brawl broke out when prisoners were competing in a New Year's Day football ...

The beating and death of an inmate at a New York prison last month has sparked a firestorm of criticism over the violence and brutality some inmates experience at the hands of corrections officers.

Kathy Hochul of New York on Monday installed a new top leader at the upstate prison where 14 corrections workers have been implicated in a fatal attack on an inmate that was captured on video.

Officer Andy Lansing, who was working overtime on the December 25th holiday shift, was assaulted by inmate Rashawn Cannon ... anywhere,” having been moved to the higher-security prison at Lucasville.

The Kano State government has enrolled prison inmates in its healthcare contributory scheme, to enhance free and quality healthcare services for those in custody. This was disclosed by the Public ...