An inmate's death at Salinas Valley State Prison is being investigated as a homicide, and the prime suspect is his cellmate.

Marcy, N.Y. — State prison officials have replaced the superintendent at a Central New York prison where guards fatally beat an inmate earlier this year. Thomas Delmar started May 12 as the new ...

COLUMBUS, Ga. (WRBL) — Officials with the Rutledge State Prison say an inmate has reportedly died on Sunday. According to officials at the prison, 37-year-old Keith Bolden was pronounced dead at ...

A state correctional officer was arrested for allegedly accepting bribes to smuggle tobacco and other contraband to people incarcerated at Northern State Prison in Newark, the New Jersey attorney ...

All together, the deal for correctional officers is expected to cost the state $600 million over the next three years, according to a summary released by the California Department of Human Resources.

A federal lawsuit has been filed in connection with the death of 22-year-old Messiah Nantwi, who died in March following alleged beatings by correction officers at Mid-State Correctional Facility, ...

Emery Celli Brinckerhoff Abady Ward & Maazel filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of the estate of Messiah Nantwi, a 22-year-old inmate fatally beaten by correction officers in central New York. The ...

The union representing 25,000 California prison guards struck a deal for a new contract that gives Gov. Gavin Newsom some financial relief in the short term but includes a mix of bonuses and raises ...

PHOENIX — Two Republican state lawmakers are making a last-ditch effort to set up a permanent independent panel to keep watch on the state prison system. Sen. Shawnna Bolick, R-Phoenix, managed ...

He was given credit for about two years behind bars and sent to Avenal State Prison in April, records show. Marcrum was arrested and charged in late June 2023 after the attack near University ...

California State Prison, Sacramento, once known as New Folsom, was opened in 1986 and is adjacent to Folsom State Prison, California’s second-oldest correctional facility. CSP Sacramento houses ...

Two inmates at Kern Valley State Prison who were transferred there from Riverside County were involved in an altercation that turned deadly for one of them, authorities said Saturday. The ...