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Prosecutors allege Morrell provided inmates with confidential information in exchange for cash payments. COLUMBIA, S.C. — A ...

TUCSON, AZ — A civilian kitchen worker is suing the State of Arizona after she was violently sexually assaulted inside the Tucson prison by a high-risk inmate who was left unsupervised.

An Omaha woman was booked into Lancaster County jail Wednesday after being accused of passing contraband to a Lincoln prison ...

On Friday, the South Carolina Department of Corrections released the arrest warrants for 11 inmates in separate cases from ...

A 60-year-old inmate died Thursday at a Lincoln corrections facility, the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services said.

Elijah Palmer, a minimum custody risk inmate, escaped early Saturday morning from the Whetstone Unit at the Arizona State ...

Meza was transferred to Acton from Kern County in 2022 so he could serve 16 years for assault with a firearm with an ...

A 66-year-old Shelton, Washington, man was sentenced to 90 months in prison Friday for his role in a drug trafficking ring ...

DOOLY COUNTY, Ga. — A Dooly State Prison inmate is dead, Dooly County Coroner Brett Walls said. Walls said that a 58-year-old man was found dead in his cell early Sunday morning. He said he ...

A man was found "unresponsive" in his cell at 201 Poplar and died at the hospital a day later. The Shelby County Sheriff's ...