A federal inmate had to have one of his or her limbs partially amputated after being kept in restraints for two days. Another incarcerated person died after being pepper sprayed and left shackled in a ...

The Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro, is in one of the most well-known federal prisons in the United States, where he will ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday they will seek the death penalty for an inmate accused of strangling his cellmate at the Federal Transfer Center in Oklahoma City. U.S. Attorney ...

WASHINGTON -- Widespread sexual abuse of female inmates continues to plague federal prisons and accountability measures for staff have not contained the scourge of such violence, according to a Senate ...

The Department of Justice is seeking the death penalty for an inmate charged with killing another prisoner at a federal penitentiary. Acting U.S. Attorney J. Bishop Grewell for the District of ...

An inmate in a federal Florida prison was killed after being attacked by another inmate. Prison employees saw Steven Hernandez, 38, be assaulted Jan. 23 by another inmate at FCI Marianna, according to ...

A federal judge temporarily halted the transfer of a transgender inmate to a men’s prison under President Donald Trump’s executive order limiting gender-related accommodations in federal facilities, ...

A federal judge has denied a legal attempt, for now, to prevent the U.S. government from transferring former death row ...

The Fayette County Jail could soon become one of the few facilities in the region to begin housing federal inmates. Fayette County Commissioners voted unanimously last week to enter into a contract ...

The report points to systemic problems in the way federal prisons treat women. A government watchdog agency is pointing to systemic problems in the way federal prisons treat the women in their custody ...