Arizona's new policy shifts inmate mail to digital scans starting Dec. 15, aiming to curb contraband. However, families worry about its impact on loved ones.

PHOENIX — Four female inmates were hospitalized Sunday morning after showing “seizure-like” symptoms at a prison in Goodyear, authorities said. At 8:22 a.m., paramedics took four women from Perryville ...

Four inmates were hospitalized and in stable condition after experiencing "seizure-like" symptoms as a result of illicit drug use inside a prison west of Phoenix, according to first responders.

FLORENCE — Arizona on Wednesday executed a death-row inmate for two gruesome slayings committed 25 years ago. Daniel Wayne Cook was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death for the 1987 ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Another state prison inmate has died in custody. Timothy Tyree, age 46, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield on Monday, a news ...

An inmate killed a corrections officer at a prison in Virginia, the state corrections department said Monday. Corrections officer Jeremy Lewis Hall, 40, was killed in what the Virginia Department of ...

Arkansas doesn't have a legal way to bring someone back to the state to serve prison time if they are released by authorities elsewhere, but Tuesday the Board of Corrections gave themselves the power ...

The following article discusses themes of sexual abuse and assault. For the first time since InvestigateWest exposed ...

INDEPENDENCE, Va. – Nov. 25 Update: The VADOC announced Monday that a memorial service will be held for Officer Jeremy Lewis Hall at 2 p.m. Dec. 2 at the Wytheville Meeting Center. “Officer Hall was a ...

This report was updated with new information. A Hamilton County corrections officer was arrested Nov. 20 and accused of striking an inmate with his belt, according to court documents. Jordan Anderson, ...

INDEPENDENCE, Va. — A Virginia Department of Corrections officer is dead, and two others are hurt after a reported inmate attack inside a Virginia prison. Officials said this happened just before 8 ...