An inmate at the Otsego County Jail is being accused of creating makeshift weapons. The Otsego County Sheriff’s Office announced that Mark Cassaday, 38, of ...

For some prisoners with violent pasts, the 'Second Look Act' could be the only realistic chance to experience freedom again.

Self-represented prisoners face significant disadvantages when seeking justice through conviction integrity units, with some ...

A former New York state prison guard convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on body-camera footage has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison.

Pentridge Prison’s radio station played donated albums for its inmates. Twenty-six years after the site’s sale, a local shop ...

UNADILLA, Ga. — The deputy warden for security for a Central Georgia prison was bitten by an inmate while trying to handcuff them, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The GDC says ...

A 32-year-old Rikers Island inmate died behind bars early Sunday — the 14th in-custody death at the Big Apple jail complex this year, Correction Department officials said. Aramis Furse “appeared ...

An inmate described as “armed and dangerous” escaped from a Georgia hospital after a suicide attempt — stealing an SUV and a handgun in the process, according to authorities. Timothy Shane was taken ...

A New York woman has been charged with providing contraband to an inmate at Federal Correctional Institution-Schuylkill, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced. A ...

FORREST CITY, Ark. - A man accused of violent crimes escaped from an Arkansas jail on Monday, according to Arkansas State Police (ASP) and the St. Francis County Sheriff's Office. ASP said 38-year-old ...

FIRST ON FOX — Two federal inmates previously on death row — one a crooked New Orleans cop, the other behind a multi-state killing spree — have been transferred to a notorious "supermax" prison in ...