A manhunt is underway for five of eight escaped Louisiana inmates. Louisiana State Police has taken the lead on the search.

Louisiana authorities say eight inmates escaped from a rural jail, including some facing murder charges. The escape early Friday set off another manhunt in a state where bold jail breakouts over ...

At least three of the inmates were being held at the River Bend Detention Center in East Carroll Parish for murder charges.

The government has been warned that prison recalls are at a "historic high" because some criminals are financially incentivised to get back behind bars.

In addition to banning books, Arkansas corrections officials would prohibit magazines and newspapers from being sent to inmates. It would be the strictest ban in the U.S.

A federal inmate died after having problems breathing at the El Paso County Jail in Downtown, authorities and public records ...

Texas executed Charles Victor Thompson for the double murder of his ex-girlfriend, Dennise Hayslip, and her new boyfriend, ...

The inmate was pronounced dead at the hospital after experiencing a medical emergency in the Harris County Jail, according to HCSO authorities.

Garry Adams, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs, said the amount still needs to be approved by U.S. District ...

When a GoFundMe for a sick, stray cat at a Texas women's prison went viral and raised nearly $11,000, it felt like a ...

Inmate returns to regular housing after solitary over viral GoFundMe for prison cat Orange Julius, which raised nearly $11K ...

After severing a few years in prison, Steven Trevino has turned his life around and has a thriving business throughout the Metroplex with I Scoop Poop, which, just as the name says, cleans up after ...