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 ...

Two new audits describe how Utah’s prison system has failed to prevent suicides and deliver mental health treatment to ...

The death of an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison is being investigated as a homicide, allegedly at the hands of a former ...

An inmate who was inside the Charleston County Jail at the time of a 23-year-old woman’s death is detailing the graphic details and alleged neglect she says she witnessed.

France's former President Nicolas Sarkozy began his five-year prison sentence on 21 October, after being found guilty of conspiring to fund his 2007 presidential campaign with illicit funds from Libya ...

One inmate remains on the run after a group of three removed mortar and concrete blocks from a jail wall in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, to make their escape this week, the sheriff’s office said ...

Inmates facing violent criminal charges escaped from a Louisiana jail by removing concrete blocks from a degraded part of a ...