Two Spokane County Jail inmates have died and a third survived following overdoses; despite Narcan use, the cause remains ...

In September, a 38-year-old man was found dead in the North Branch Correctional Institution in Allegany County, Maryland ...

A 23-year-old inmate at Jessup Correctional Institution died Saturday under suspicious circumstances, officials said. Deon Sheridan Smith Jr., who faced life in prison for felony murder, had been at ...

The deaths occurred Sunday at a prison in the coastal city of Machala, Ecuador, after "the detonation of an explosive device" ...

A transgender woman incarcerated in New Hampshire’s state men’s prison is suing the state’s Department of Corrections for ...

Ecuador's prison authority on Monday said 15 inmates at the Litoral prison in the city of Guayaquil were found dead between Thursday and Sunday.

At least 13 inmates were found dead Sunday at a southern Ecuadorian prison ravaged by violence in recent months, the ...

Family members of men and women incarcerated in Alabama prisons say they want to keep a public spotlight on problems in state lockups.

The family of a man who died in the Cook County Jail over the weekend gathered outside the criminal courthouse Monday morning ...

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is taking further action to keep male inmates away from women’s prisons, but ...

Inmates at Folsom State Prison’s bicycle refurbishing program are donating 150 bikes to children and others in need this ...