The family of the Charleston County inmate who most recently died in custody is sharing her legacy, asking for change and ...

Wallace Ball, 64, pleaded guilty to murder in the death of his cellmate at the Jessup Correctional Institution.

The Washington Post Marissa J. Lang and Dana MunroSo, it seems the raccoon might have a problem.Not just the drinking - though its recent bender through a Virginia state-run liquor store did capture ...

The Williamsburg County School District has announced two finalists as they search for a new superintendent, years after the ...

Montana Department of Corrections officials told lawmakers that infrastructure failures, technology upgrades and new ...

This searchable database created by the Southern California News Group contains details about every jail death in the region ...

ELMORE, Ala.(AP) — Family and advocates of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons on Thursday said they want to keep a public spotlight on problems in state lockups and said inmates are planning ...

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as ...

South Dakota's highest ranking law enforcement officer is criticizing the state's prison system as officials open another investigation into a suspected drug overdose involving an inmate. The South ...

A prisoner at Târgu-Jiu Penitentiary in southern Romania hacked the prison’s IT system and modified sentences and detention conditions for himself and 15 other inmates across multiple facilities. The ...

An Arizona inmate is back in custody after filing fraudulent documents with a Maricopa County court that led a state prison to set him free decades before he was supposed to be released. David Cramer ...