The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday allowed a Texas inmate to pursue his claim against prison officials that his civil rights were violated by being locked up in cells with extremely filthy conditions.

Congressional leaders are calling on the U.S. Department of Justice to strengthen its tracking of deaths in local jails following a Reuters investigation that identified thousands of inmate fatalities ...

Judge dismissed lawsuit seeking more information on policies, including those focused on inmate searches, restraints and housing assignments.

An Alabama man scheduled to be executed this month says he did not commit the 1993 murder. Anthony Boyd is scheduled to be executed Oct. 23. Prosecutors said Boyd taped the victim's feet ...

The search for a new secretary of the South Dakota Department of Corrections continues. Josie Harms, a spokeswoman for Gov.

Day 3 of the Marcy Prison Trial focused heavily on witness testimony, with the jury hearing from several key figures, ...

A 66-year-old inmate at the Sacramento County Main Jail died at a local hospital Monday due to a terminal illness, according to the Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office. Video Above: ABC10 shooting ...

A man mistakenly released from the Buncombe County Detention Facility earlier this week is back in custody after law enforcement launched an all-out search to find him. Authorities said Joseph Shustek ...

The Connecticut Department of Correction has paused the introduction of electronic body scanners in prisons after state ...

A man convicted of fatally stabbing a married couple during a robbery has been put to death in Florida's record 13th ...

There is no effective oversight to ensure strip searches at juvenile detention centers are justified and properly documented, ...

One escaped inmate from the Brown County Jail has been captured, but another remains at large and is believed to have been "contained in a large wooded area" in northern Kentucky.Deputies said Roy ...