That meant canceling a lock-improvement project at the Florence prison, among others. A few years later, in the 2011-2012 budget year, the Corrections Department began managing its own Building ...

Faulty Cell Locks Blamed For 10 Prison Inmates’ Escape From New Orleans Jail. Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Hutson said in a press conference that the cells had defective locks, per NewsNation ...

Jail enters lock down after convicted killer goes missing for 12 hours. Then cops realize they forgot him at the courthouse - Inmate was left overnight in a holding cell after a miscommunication ...

The owner of the former county jail in York, SC, no longer wants to play "warden" for the... Former South Carolina Jail Wants To Lock In a Buyer for $575,000—and It Comes With an Actual Cell ...

JONESBORO, Ga. (WKRC) - A jail entered lockdown after authorities realized a convicted murderer had gone missing from their care. 12 hours later he was found in a courthouse holding cell, having ...

Washington Parish Jail has been cited over 20 times by the fire department since 2020 for being overcrowded. Full occupancy is 144. There are 299 inmates.

The outgoing director of Arizona's prison system was "surprisingly uninformed" about broken cell door locks at Lewis Prison, the danger the problem posed and how his administration's efforts to ...

A 69-year-old man slowly suffocated to death in a rural Colorado jail after his ribs were broken in an altercation with a deputy and he languished in a cell for a week without medical care ...

Officials at the Westmoreland County Prison are reviewing security protocols after an inmate escaped from his cell and allegedly assaulted a guard.

Two Delaware County prison inmates are charged with beating another inmate with lock cylinders. Landon Matthews, 35, Havertown, and Angel Fernandez, 27, Philadelphia were charged with aggravated ...

The Shelby County Jail is overcrowded, with 2,547 inmates in a facility designed for 2,400. Built in 1981, the jail is outdated and lacks natural light, violating modern standards.

GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania (KDKA) — Officials at the Westmoreland County Prison are reviewing security protocols after an inmate escaped from his cell and allegedly assaulted a guard. Initially ...