WASHINGTON -- Federal prison inmates are keeping large sums -- in some cases more than $100,000 each -- in government-run deposit accounts effectively shielded from court orders for things like child ...

AVON PARK, Fla. -- Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd announced the arrests of three correction officers, Thursday. All of them, employed at the Avon Park prison. All three guards are accused of sneaking ...

Lewis noted that Care-A-Cell, the company that provides commissary services to the jail, was able to reverse the credits that had been applied and remove the glitch from the system. Colorado mom ...

MEDIA >> A correctional officer at the Delaware County prison was arrested for allegedly stealing cash from an inmate, Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan announced Thursday. Daniel McEnhill ...

AVON PARK (FOX 13) - Three corrections officers who worked with the Florida Department of Corrections were arrested Wednesday for smuggling hundreds of dollars in cash for inmates, Polk County ...

America's prison population grew again in 2002 despite a declining crime rate, costing the federal government and states an estimated $40 billion a year at a time of rampant budget shortfalls. The ...

LAKE MARY, Fla. — Florida’s prison inmates could soon get cash for giving police tips about unsolved crimes. Starting July 1, Crime Stoppers will offer the state’s 100,000 prisoners a reward for ...

ALBANY - New York courts are in the process of releasing at least 3,800 inmates in county prisons under a new law taking effect Jan. 1 that ends cash bail for many offenses as they await the ...