A corrections officer in a Virginia prison was killed in an attack by an inmate, the state corrections department said.

Tasha Hammock, 43, the former state employee, pleaded guilty to providing contraband to a prison inmate. She is accused by ...

Nevada Attorney General Aaron D. Ford says justice is advancing in the wake of a deadly prison attack that shocked the state ...

The South Dakota Department of Corrections says a state prison inmate has died at the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield ...

Jesse Daniel Williams III, 46, who died Sunday, was serving a 30 year sentence from Michigan for possession of cocaine with ...

Two former employees at Federal Prison Camp Bryan said they contacted Judiciary Committee staffers to voice their concerns ...

Prisons officials in Ecuador say deadly rioting that broke out at a prison where inmates were set to be transferred to a new ...

Inmates at an Arizona prison experienced seizures suspected to be caused by contraband drugs, prompting policy changes.

GRAYSON COUNTY, Va. (WDBJ) - The Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC) has released the name of the inmate accused of ...

Hochul directed the closure of Bare Hill Correctional Facility, a prison roughly 350 miles north of the city with 1,400 beds, ...

The convicted murderer is seeking a court declaration that the defendants denied him his right under the Charter of Human ...