Butler County Prison is losing the $30,000 a month average commission it receives from its inmate communications contractor due to a federal regulation aimed at reducing costs that inmates and their ...

In the midst of a chronic staffing crisis at Oahu’s largest jail, HNN Investigates has learned the Department of Corrections ...

The man Munhall police shot last week in a borough holding cell because, they said, he was strangling an officer, had been taken into custody about an hour earlier for strangling a woman in her home ...

Two men are under arrest after authorities say they tried to smuggle contraband into Alabama prisons. Kevin Harris, of ...

Tim’neque T. Rooks, 25, was arrested Monday and charged with possession of contraband in a detention facility. According to a report from the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, Rooks, who worked in ...

An inmate at a Palm Beach County jail posted on Facebook from behind bars, revealing a possible romantic connection with a ...

Today he is director of policy and programs for Emancipate NC, a nonprofit that works to end mass incarceration and ...

A Washington D.C. man was sentenced to 22 years in federal prison for his role in robbing four cell phone stores across ...

The Alabama Department of Corrections announced Tuesday its Law Enforcement Services Division (LESD) and its K-9 teams ...

One of Australia's most notorious gang leaders has changed since orchestrating a major drug ring from his high-security prison cell while serving a lengthy sentence for murder, a court has been told.