Two former West Virginia correctional officers have been sentenced to decades in prison for their roles in an assault that ...

Sheriff Gerald Sticker says the new $250,000 X-ray scanner is part of a security overhaul in his first year on the job.

It’s inspiring.” Cayla Mihalovich is a California Local News fellow. Guard towers outside of Kern Valley State Prison on Nov. 15, 2022. Photo by Larry Valenzuela, CalMatters/CatchLight Local ...

A 19-year-old visiting an abandoned prison to take photos needed rescuing when he “became trapped in a cell ” at the former New York correctional center, authorities said. After calling for ...

FISHKILL — A 19-year-old Washington County man faces legal trouble after State Police said he broke into a closed state prison over the weekend to take photographs but got locked in a prison cell.

Immigration ‘Like a jail cell’: Family of six detained at Washington state border facility for more than three weeks By Troy Brynelson (OPB) May 28, 2025 1:07 p.m.

Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office's failure to process a jail escape as a crime scene may hinder prosecutions, an expert says. DA Williams steps in to collect evidence.

The jail cell that held Cassia County’s most notorious desperado, Diamondfield Jack, stands today in the Oakley City Park. According to one account, it was moved from Albion when Oakley’s jail ...

Tangipahoa Parish's jail in Amite is about 75 miles northwest of New Orleans. Johnson's escape and subsequent capture come as authorities continue to search for five of the 10 inmates who escaped ...

On Monday, Sterling Williams, a 33-year-old maintenance worker at the jail, was arrested on charges that he shut off water to a cell that the inmates used in the escape by removing a toilet from ...

Genesee County looks to replace every jail cell vent to block attempted hangings Updated: May. 23, 2025, 1:01 p.m. | Published: May. 23, 2025, 12:55 p.m.