A federal judge has lifted restrictions he placed on the state's corrections agency nearly a ⁠decade ago after inmates at the ...

The suspect was accused of impersonating an inmate who was scheduled for release.

Family members and attorneys say the Alabama prison system has moved three well-known inmate activists to isolated cells. Robert Earl Council, Melvin Ray and Raoul Poole were transferred two weeks ...

A federal judge has sentenced a Mexican national to nearly three years in prison for illegally reentering the United States ...

WARNING - DISTRESSING CONTENT: Eusebio Martinez Padron, wanted on multiple charges, including one involving a child, is ...

We need your help, and we need it now,” the leader of the North Carolina Department of Adult Correction told lawmakers.

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A New York prison guard accused of failing to intervene as fellow officers beat an inmate to death pleaded guilty to reckless endangerment Friday after jurors deliberating over a ...

Former South Carolina state Representative RJ May III was sentenced on Wednesday to 17-and-a-half years in federal prison for ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Fighting that broke out at a Georgia state prison over the weekend left three inmates dead and injured a corrections officer and 13 more inmates, the Georgia Department of Corrections ...

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Three inmates were killed and a corrections officer and several other inmates were injured when a fight broke out Sunday at a state prison in Georgia, according to local police.The fight that started ...