Assemblyman Eddie Gibbs of East Harlem has used his experience to help people reinvent themselves, including a high-flying ...

The D.C. Department of Corrections’ use of isolation is ineffective and harmful, especially for people experiencing suicidal ...

A search in a Rikers Island jail uncovered a large cache of narcotics, including cocaine, K2 and marijuana in vacuum sealed ...

The Kauai jail and two other facilities in Hawaii have the chairs, which require high levels of force to immobilize inmates ...

CAMPBELL COUNTY, Tenn. (WATE) — Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation are investigating the circumstances that led to an inmate’s death at the Campbell County Jail on Friday.

An accused murderer locked up on Rikers Island beat a correction officer — leaving her ... According to jail protocol, doors must be locked whether an inmate is inside or outside the cell. But ...

Rikers Island hosted a ceremony today unveiling a mural that acclaimed artist Dindga McCannon co-created with people in custody. Correctional Health Services, part of NYC Health + Hospitals ...

A new mural by the artist Dindga McCannon was unveiled today at Rikers Island, the notorious prison island in the East River that hosts New York City’s largest jail. The mural, titled Towards a ...

Two inmates have died ... took the man to Rhode Island Hospital where he later died, Ventura said. While all four deaths remain under investigation and a cause of death is not yet known, president ...

The Leon County Sheriff's Office is investigating a second inmate death in three days at the Leon County Detention Facility after a 26-year-old man was "found unresponsive in his cell" early ...

Jury selection has started in the retrial of a former corrections officer charged in the death of an inmate at a county jail in northern Ohio MANSFIELD, Ohio -- Jury selection has started in the ...