COLUMBIA, S.C. — A South Carolina inmate who spent 42 years on death row has died of natural causes at a prison hospital, according to the state Department of Corrections. Fred Singleton, 81, was ...

DOOLY COUNTY, Ga. — A Dooly State Prison employee was arrested and charged with violating their oath and giving inmates contraband, according to charges filed by the Georgia Department of Corrections.

Jails that are not compliant with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act's requirements will still be able to continue to house state inmates under a new agreement approved Thursday by the Board of ...

Jails that are not compliant with the federal Prison Rape Elimination Act's requirements will still be able to continue to... Brett Barrouquere is a staff writer with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. A ...

UTICA, N.Y. — Two Mid-State Corrections Officers appeared in Oneida County Court on Wednesday in connection with the death of inmate Messiah Nantwi. Officer David Ferrone accepted a deal that had him ...

YORK, Pa. — York County Coroner Pamela Gay on Tuesday announced the death of an inmate at York County Prison. Juan Gualberto Ortiz-Ortiz, 64, of York, was found unresponsive in his cell early Sunday ...

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 ...

Maryland plans to close the aging Maryland Correctional Institution at Jessup by June 2026 due to facility degradation. Inmates from the Jessup prison could be transferred to other facilities, ...

(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 ...

Cellphones seized by jail staff inside of the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center. United State Attorney's Office for South Carolina The Federal Communications Commission approved a proposal allowing ...

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a state prison inmate who, last year, was accused of stabbing a correctional officer at a Hagerstown-area prison. State police, in a Sept. 29 news ...

CUMBERLAND, Md. — An inmate was found dead after being in a shared cell at a state prison in western Maryland over the weekend. Billy Sorrow, 50, died just before 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the North ...