Joliet Patch previously reported on the Joliet police arrest of Manuel Cardenas. Now we have an update and details of his ...

The city lease on the Joliet Correctional Center, and a state bill would transfer some of the land to the Forest Preserve ...

(This story was updated to include the number of correctional officers at the three state prisons south of Hagerstown.) Plans to close an aging Jessup, Maryland, state prison next year include ...

The York County Coroner's office confirms an inmate at the York County Prison died on Sunday morning. Officials say 64-year-old Juan Ortiz-Ortiz was found unresponsive in his single cell and could not ...

ALLEGANY COUNTY, Va. (DC News Now) — Maryland State Police (MSP) said an inmate was identified as a suspect in a death investigation at a prison in Allegany County. On Sept. 27, around 1:30 p.m., ...

Since inmates held several guards hostage during a riot in June at Trousdale Turner Correctional Center, staffing changes and inmate reassignments have led to higher staffing levels than ever at the ...

AUBURN, N.Y. — The New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolence Association said a guard was stabbed by an inmate convicted of murder at the Auburn Correctional Facility. NYSCOPBA said ...

PASQUOTANK COUNTY, N.C. — An inmate who killed four prison employees in a failed prison escape attempt in 2017 has been handed four consecutive life terms. Frazier was sentenced to four consecutive ...

SPRINGFIELD — One of the more contentious episodes in the history of Illinois penitentiaries ended Friday as the last inmates held at the “supermax’’ prison in Tamms moved out and Gov. Pat Quinn’s ...

Sean “Diddy” Combs has been helping his fellow inmates turn their lives around since being detained at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn in New York, according to one prisoner. Inmate Ho Wen ...

MOVEMENT ACROSS SEVERAL SOUTHERN STATES. A LOUISVILLE MAN IS IN JAIL FOR A DEADLY SHOOTING AT A LIQUOR STORE. HE FACES NEW CHARGES TONIGHT. BADIBANGA KAMPANGO IS NOW CHARGED WITH ASSAULTING AN INMATE ...

The bombs were mailed from a state prison to the Department of Justice and a federal court. The inmate tried to exchange information on the plot for accommodations, prosecutors said in court filings.