Details surrounding the death of James Thomas Prater Jr. were not released, but the prison said no other inmates were ...

The new lawsuit, alleging Maine Correctional Center officers stayed in a pregnant woman's hospital room while she gave birth, is similar to a case against the Cumberland County Jail that was recently ...

State law forbids strikes by prison corrections officers — but Gov. Hochul isn’t doing her duty to stop this week’s illegal ...

Following an incident that led to a lockdown on Wednesday, workers at the Collins Correctional Facility went on strike Monday morning in protest of unsafe working conditions. Workers at the Elmira ...

A 55-year-old male inmate was found unresponsive in his cell at the Sangamon County Jail on Tuesday, at approximately 8:29 ...

Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon said a 55-year-old Sangamon County Jail inmate who was found unresponsive in his cell Tuesday morning later died at HSHS St. John's Hospital. Allmon did not release ...

Dallas, Texas police are on the hunt for a driver who allegedly struck and killed a young girl this past Sunday night ...

Corrections officers at prisons all over New York State are going on strike. The list now includes, Attica, Auburn, Collins, ...

Landowners near the new Lincoln County prison site railed against the Department of Corrections for a lack of transparency ...

The search for a violent sex offender who had been on the run from law enforcement the past three days has come to a close ...

Authorities found a makeshift tree house in the woods near John A. Quitman Boulevard and Melrose Avenue that is thought to be ...