According to one mother who spoke with her son who is in the jail, inmates screamed out: "We're going to die back here. There ...

Everyone is safe, one officer sustained a minor injury and returned to duty,” the state Department of Corrections said.

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials transferred 278 inmates convicted of murder and dozens more serving time fo ...

A federal lawsuit against Utah’s Department of Corrections over where to house a transgender inmate was recently dropped by ...

When Illinois shuttered the century-old maximum security facility last year, nearly four of every five inmates went to less-secure sites.

When criminals are released from prison, the Florida Department of Corrections (FDC) is tasked with keeping a close eye on ...

A hunt has been launched for a man who escaped from Pollsmoor Prison while part of a work team carrying out maintenance on ...

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections is searching for two inmates who unlawfully walked away from a correctional center in ...

(FOX5) - The Nevada Department of Corrections reported five prisoner deaths, including three convicted murderers. They all died late January into early February. Offender John Stinchfield ...

Two inmates, Justin Turner and David James, have walked away from the Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center in Hodgen, Oklahoma ...

A former Marcy Correctional Facility inmate is suing the prison, a correction officers and several others for planting drugs on him.The one officer named in this suit admitted to doing the crime and ...