A prison warden no longer works for the Nevada Department of Corrections after an employee claimed he bit his ear at the ...

Over 10 years, the reasons for the killings are often the same: Severe understaffing, lax oversight and gang violence.

Two women made allegations of sexual abuse, including being forced to engage in oral sex, groping and offers of clean water ...

Georgia corrections officials say fighting at a state prison left three inmates dead and injured a corrections officer and 13 ...

Nicole Locke is one of three Durham County detention workers who face charges associated with a man being held in jail on a ...

In the upcoming 2026 New York State legislative session, a critical bill — End Health Professionals’ Complicity in the ...

In a lawsuit, the widow of a man who died in the Wayne County Correctional Facility says “pervasive mold” in the jail ...

The sheriff spoke to the Santa Rosa Board of County Commissioners about a "split" in the department that he believes lead to ...

The Hochul administration is being accused of covering up crimes in prisons by downgrading attacks committed by inmates ...

Three decades ago when I began my prison sentence, corrections officers worked eight-hour shifts. Some did the work well and ...

A Charlotte legislator and former chief deputy are among those trying to oust Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden from ...