A former corrections officer accused of assaulting two inmates in 2024 will return to the Columbiana County jail on Monday to begin serving a 37-day jail term for assault and attempted assault. David ...

Nine inmates have been charged in connection with a death investigation at the Miami Correctional Facility that occurred on ...

A 45-year-old Iuka man has been sentenced in Clay County Court to five years in prison for reckless homicide. William Shufeldt had pleaded guilty to the charge in January and was sentenced to the ...

A 46-year-old Iowa City man was found dead in his Johnson County Jail cell Wednesday morning, less than 24 hours after a ...

The state officially shut down one of three state prisons in Malone on Wednesday. Bare Hill Correctional Facility is the fifth North Country prison to close in as many years, following Great Meadow, ...

Cambria County residents spoke up about the prison’s deal with ICE during the Board of Commissioners’ meeting on Thursday. The agreement in question stems from ...

Jamall Russell, 41, of Beaver Dam, entered no contest pleas March 11 to three misdemeanor counts of violating the laws of a state institution.

It's more costly to house inmates at higher security levels, but the Michigan Corrections Organization says the system needs more high-security beds.

An Iowa ombudsman report found Scott County Jail officers failed to stop a mentally distressed woman from self-harming for ...

A second ex-corrections officer is charged with having sex with a Lake County juvenile inmate. Ariah Rivera, 22, of Hobart, was charged Tuesday with three counts of sexual misconduct and one ...

A 68-year-old registered sex offender from Saginaw is back behind bars after prosecutors say he sexually abused a girl who lived in the same east side house as he did. Robert D. Wacha was arraigned in ...

The 68-year-old man has already spent about 28 years of his life behind bars for his previous sexual assaults on two underage boys.