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

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

Adam Ogle will resign as warden of York County Prison in November after more than four years. Deputy warden Joseph Johnston will step in as interim warden. His tenure was marked by several ...

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 ...

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 ...

(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 ...

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 ...

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., ...

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 ...

A former corrections officer who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing a federal inmate has been sentenced to nine years and four months in prison. U.S. District Judge Donald C. Nugent in Cleveland ...

A former inmate at Delaware County prison was charged last week with possessing a prison weapon. Dontay T. Hughes, 39, Philadelphia, was charged with introducing a weapon that may be used for escape, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Four prison guards pleaded guilty Monday in the beating death of Robert Brooks, a Black inmate at Marcy ...