ALBANY — A state prison in western New York remained in lockdown Wednesday after inmates took control of three areas of a dormitory for several hours — an episode that took place against the ...

A New York state prison was placed on lockdown after inmates attacked and injured three guards days after concerns of staffing shortages were reported. The New York State Department of Corrections ...

Erin Hooley / AP Share Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois’ decrepit Stateville prison was closed last summer, 278 were convicted of murder, and 100 more are serving ...

The three inmates accused of ambushing correction officers in a “vicious attack,” including stabbing one guard 12 times, faced a “sea of blue” of officers during their arraignment on Thursday.

Violent Illinois inmates from shuttered prison sent to medium-security sites When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September ...

More than 1,000 California inmates have been fighting the wildfires, a controversial practice that dates back to 1915 and results from a complex intersection of public safety, labor economics ...

A state prison was locked down after uprising inmates injured three guards and took control of three dorms — days after the state’s Department of Corrections head complained about staffing ...

JAMES IS SERVING A 16-YEAR SENTENCE FOR UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED DRUG WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE áANDá Two inmates walked away from the Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center in Hodgen ...

ODOC says escaped inmates Justin Turner and David James were arrested in Mena, Arkansas, on Wednesday by the Mena Police Department. HODGEN, Okla. (KFOR) — The Oklahoma Department of Corrections ...

There are currently more than a hundred court cases involving prison inmates in the hands of the Attorney General’s office. Authorities investigating 35-year-old woman’s death A judge recently ...

Jan. 6 inmates' supporters await DC jail release for 2nd night Two J6 inmates released from prison in Philadelphia said they headed to the D.C. jail to support those still being held.

According to the Death Penalty Information Center, 12 death row inmates have so far been scheduled for execution in South Carolina, Texas, Louisiana, Arizona, Oklahoma and Ohio. On his first day ...