Westville Correctional Service's kitchen closure due to non-compliance raises urgent questions about the state of prison ...

Pollsmoor has long been subject to control by gangs, with endemic violence, including pervasive sexual violence. Broken light ...

was reportedly at the prison during a 10 a.m. inmate count Friday at the facility, but was unaccounted for by 3:15 p.m. during an emergency count of inmates, a Westville spokesman said in a news ...

History will judge them harshly. Brutal wars are raging in Ukraine, Sudan, and Gaza. These wars would be unsustainable if ...

Representatives from the Indiana Department of Correction said the incident remains under investigation by Westville's internal affairs department. "While the majority of our staff is dedicated to ...

The beatings and subsequent deaths of prisoners Robert Brooks and Messiah Nantwi sparked outrage in Oneida County. Here is where the cases stand.

Those changes have meant consequences for local county jails. Erie County, for instance, held only two inmates bound for state prison the week the unsanctioned strikes began in February.

The search for five escapees from Orleans Parish jail enters a second week as experts warn the men may grow more desperate ...

Three inmates now are accused of attempted murder for their alleged roles in a 2023 assault on several Nebraska Department of Correctional Services staff at a prison in Lincoln. State Patrol ...

Three inmates accused of escaping from the Orleans Justice Center have been captured, according to the Louisiana State Police.