Over 10 years, the reasons for the killings are often the same: Severe understaffing, lax oversight and gang violence.

On July 19, 2024, Ronald Johnson, 31, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Garner Correctional Institution in Newtown ...

Background Suicide is one of the most common causes of death in correctional settings. This study aimed to analyse prison ...

DONALD Trump says he gave Nicolas Maduro the option to surrender peacefully before he was dragged out of his bed by US ...

Two brutal killings, less than three months apart, in New York State’s prison system raised troubling questions: Had other ...

South Dakota's top law enforcement officer wants greater deterrents for smuggling drugs into the state's prisons.

If you’re serving hard time inside a California prison, you’ll often find yourself stuck in a cramped cell with a complete stranger. You hang a bedsheet to manufacture the semblance of privacy between ...

A Pennsylvania inmate who had been convicted on child rape charges died in his prison cell over the weekend. According to a press release from John Sawtelle, superintendent of the State Correctional ...

Brandon Lee, who has been in prison since 2015 for murdering his mother and his girlfriend, has died. File photo Editor’s note: This story contains reporting about suicides, a topic that will be ...

On Gorgona, the last prison island in Italy, inmates live and work under unique conditions. Instead of isolation, they earn wages, care for animals and produce wine. The prison emphasizes trust, ...

George Legere, 77, was already serving a 25-year prison sentence related to a kidnapping case when he was charged in connection with the 1973 killing of Janet Couture East Hartford Police Dept. A man ...

A 31-year-old Cumberland County man was charged with arson and related charges after police say he started a fire inside his cell at the State Correctional Institute in Camp Hill last week. Police ...