A corrections officer in Ohio is facing several misdemeanor charges after she allegedly performed an illegal cavity search.

A former prison guard is being charged with rape and sexual battery after an alleged assault of an inmate in Lexington, just south of Norman.

A Lorain County corrections officer is facing six misdemeanor charges after she allegedly performed an illegal cavity search ...

A newly-released search warrant reveals an alleged organized crime ring operating from inside a Texas prison, involving ...

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT. As concerns grow over a spate of fatal attacks behind bars, prison doctor Dr Shahed Yousaf ...

"I believe that this conduct may be inappropriate for [an] investigative team to be shredding paperwork related to the investigation" ...

In Texas, a long-forgotten series of prison albums offers a rare way to hear what incarceration sounded like decades ago.

A guard at the notorious Metropolitan Detention Center jail was charged Wednesday with abusing his authority by sexually abusing a detainee — after the feds recovered his DNA on the inmate’s jumpsuit.

The news was met with shock from state lawmakers, who have been reeling in recent weeks as they cut Medicaid and other state services to address a $1 billion budget shortfall ...

An inmate atMontgomery County Correctional Facility is now facing additional charges, accused of assaulting two corrections officers on Thursday.On March 19, 2 ...

LEE COUNTY, Ark. — In a WREG Investigators exclusive, we find out new information about a prison break in Arkansas that ...

The state does not track the prevalence or provide guidance on the issue, leaving inmates to languish in jail and eventually sue counties for damages.