An inmate at Cook County Jail died last week after a fire inside his cell, sheriff's officials said. Around 7:15 p.m. Thursday, correctional officers in the residential treatment unit of the jail ...

At Stillwater, corrections officials are testing an “earned living unit” that trades privileges for accountability and has gone two months without a lockdown.

Two Texas prison guards, Lieutenant William Eugene Romero and Sergeant Crystal Janelle West, 33 and 39, respectively, are accused of leaving an inmate to die while locked inside a burning jail cell.

An inmate died after a fire started inside his prison cell, and now two guards are facing charges, Texas officials say. The inmate, whom officials have not publicly identified, was discovered ...

LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WRBL) — Authorities are investigating after a Lee County inmate was found dead inside his jail cell Sunday night. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, corrections deputies ...

CLINTON, La. (WAFB) - The East Feliciana Parish District Attorney’s Office operates from inside a converted 1950s jail, with prosecutors working from former jail cells in one of Louisiana’s oldest ...

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