Officials at the California Correctional Institution are investigating a riot that occurred on Tuesday involving about 70 ...

Three Arkansas Department of Corrections employees were absolved of wrongdoing in a lawsuit filed by an inmate who was ...

South Dakota AG Marty Jackley says the state stopped a "conspiracy" to distribute drugs and other contraband items into the ...

Sheqweetta Vaughan, 32, was pronounced dead at Lee Arrendale State Prison on July 9, when it was 90 degrees in her cellblock.

Chase Jenkins, 38, is suspected of killing 23-year-old Anthony Francis Jr. on July 18 inside their shared cell at California ...

More than 50 inmates at Wau Central Prison in Western Bahr el Ghazal State are suffering from skin diseases amid a growing ...

Rabbis’ access to Jewish inmates is being restricted in state prisons, according to Rabbi Moishe Mayir Vogel. Vogel is the ...

A South Carolina inmate has been sentenced to 15 additional years in prison for throwing a cup of diarrhea at a prison guard.

Magnitude 7.8 earthquake hits Russia; tsunami advisory issued, then canceled Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone Runs the Fastest 400 Meters in 40 Years to Break the American Record Again Tears over what rescue ...

Four Guilty Men and the Stories That Define Us,” by John J. Lennon, details what Robert Chambers — the “Preppy Killer” — allegedly admitted ...

Inmate Anthony Francis Jr.'s death at California State Prison was ruled a homicide, with investigations ongoing.