The Sonyea man who was accused of killing another inmate while he was incarcerated at Groveland Correctional Facility has ...

An inmate at the Columbia County Detention Center was found deceased in his cell from an apparent suicide. This marks the second apparent suicide in an Augusta-area jail within the same week. The ...

Was former Erie County corrections officer Niko Carter prosecuted for contraband — or punished for reporting misconduct?

A Lorain County corrections officer is facing six misdemeanor charges after she allegedly performed an illegal cavity search ...

Authorities say he contacted inmates at the Tarrant County Jail, then met families and collected about $3,000 while posing as ...

L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna has asked the National Institute of Corrections to step in and conduct a review of jail conditions after 10 inmate deaths in less than three months.

The state does not track the prevalence or provide guidance on the issue, leaving inmates to languish in jail and eventually sue counties for damages.

A guard at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center jail was charged Wednesday with abusing his authority by sexually abusing a detainee — after the feds recovered his DNA on the inmate’s ...

James Johnson, a correction officer at the Metropolitan Detention Center, first abused a male inmate inside a chaplain’s office, prosecutors said.

A 33-year-old prisoner died one day after a 37-year-old inmate at the same prison was attacked and killed, officials said.

Change needed at Vermilion sheriff ...