A prison officer working on the day an inmate died was suspended following a disciplinary hearing, an inquest heard. Matthew Osborne was found in his cell on the segregation unit at HMP Lowdham Grange ...

During his long stay at the Orleans Parish lockup before he escaped last month, detainee Lenton Vanburen had racked up criminal charges in six cases for jail violations in less than two years, ...

MADRAS, Ore. (KTVZ) -- A suspicious substance was found in the disciplinary segregation unit at Deer Ridge Correctional Institution east of Madras, prompting the use of Naloxone and a trip to the ...

judge in a non-jury trial next month. The inmate, Purcell Bronson, is one of the Department of Correction’s most notorious filers of lawsuits. But U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo ruled Bronson ...

Reducing the population in the 106-bed solitary confinement wing has emptied an entire cell block. With continued overcrowding at the penitentiary, the situation seems ideal. "I don't think that ...

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) is closing a Level II housing unit at the Chippewa Correctional Facility and increasing the number of Level IV beds ...