A former Hawaii correctional officer has pleaded guilty to sexually abusing inmates while working at the Federal Detention Center in Honolulu.

A man who is incarcerated is accused of killing a fellow inmate at a South Florida corrections facility. Dillon L. Parker, 39 ...

Emil Cochran and Devin Darnell West were in a cell together for about a day before Cochran beat and strangled West during ...

His death certificate says a Topeka man found deceased Oct. 22 in his cell at a Kansas prison had suffered fatal injuries two ...

Kerala prisons are overcrowded, violating inmates' basic human rights. RJD demands immediate government intervention and ...

Since 1973, 4% of death row inmates are now exonerees, but that doesn’t tell you anything about how many people with ...

An inmate at the South Bay Correctional Facility with an extensive criminal history has been accused of strangling another ...

Seven prisoners died as thousands of corrections officers at dozens of facilities protested working conditions in wildcat ...

The Old Jail in Chambersburg, PA, has seen everything from daring escapes to infamous criminals. Built in 1818, it survived ...

Hundreds of correction officers and their supporters are scheduled to protest at the state Capitol Tuesday morning as part of ...

Last fall, the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) confirmed that at least six inmates burned themselves — though ...