Jodi Johnson, 47, and Brenda Dixon, 62, are each charged in the U.S. Northern District Court of Ohio with single counts of ...

A man was sentenced to 11 to 16.5 years in prison in connection with 2023 aggravated drug possession offenses.

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Drones dropping contraband to inmates is an increasing problem plaguing state prisons and county jails across the United States. There’s plenty of technology on the market that can detect and defeat a ...

Though Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman are the directors, inmates with smuggled phones are important collaborators. By Alissa Wilkinson When you purchase a ticket for an independently reviewed ...

PIERRE, S.D. (KELO) — What’s long been known as Pheasantland Industries will have a new name next month. Come November 1, the South Dakota Department of Corrections offender-work programs will be ...

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 ...

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According to previous reporting, Cooper was indicted by a grand jury in May and was set to go to trial in June 2026 for allegedly being recruited to kill a man named Kelly Applegate. Department ...

South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley says the state stopped a "conspiracy" to distribute drugs and other contraband items into the state's largest prison. Five people, including one former ...

Three Arkansas Department of Corrections employees were absolved of wrongdoing in a lawsuit filed by an inmate who was stabbed in 2020, and a jury deadlocked on a fourth, after just over six hours of ...