A man who claims he was detained in the Wayne County Jail for six days beyond his court-ordered release date because staff couldn't find him in their new facility is suing the sheriff and other ...

NEW ORLEANS — In what may go down as one of the worst Halloween costumes ever, a man wearing a full orange jumpsuit from ... that the man was not an escaped inmate and the lockdown was lifted.

The lawsuit, in part, accuses corrections officials of violating the Americans with Disabilities Act and other federal laws ...

She was met with an automated recording that presented several options — including a prompt for individuals wanting to report an inmate who may be at risk for suicide or was suffering from a ...

KANSAS CITY, Kan. (KCTV) - A suit that alleges the Kansas death penalty is unconstitutional has been filed on behalf of a man accused of killing two Kansas City law enforcement officials.

The agency did not mention the sweat lodges in any of the the releases. Late last week, an inmate named Gerald Thin Elk told South Dakota Searchlight that inmates went five days without showers at ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Investigators have retrieved new evidence showing how prison inmates continue to smuggle narcotics, including now through books and magazines. John Melvin, Director of the Office ...

A prison is so "dilapidated" an inmate was able to remove his own cell door, an inspection has found. A watchdog has called for Winchester prison, a category B jail in Hampshire, to be put into ...

Tougher punishments outside prison are being considered as part of a government review into sentencing. The review will be launched on Tuesday by Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood in a bid to ease ...

Three Miami-Dade correctional officers were sentenced to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to the brutal, deadly beating of an inmate in 2022. Christopher Rolon, Kirk Walton, and Jeremy ...