Officers told the wrong family about the death of an inmate at a maximum security prison. The error emerged in a Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) investigation ...

Concerns have been raised about a prison's ability to deal with drugs after the death of an inmate from a psychoactive substance. Derrion Adams died on 31 October 2024 and a coroner who looked into ...

An inmate in a Tucson prison died Aug. 9 under unknown circumstances, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry. Elmer Shields, 32, died at the Arizona State Prison ...

Failures by staff might have contributed to the death of a vulnerable prisoner who took his own life on his first night at HMP Hewell, an inquest jury has concluded. Mesut Olgun died in June 2018, six ...

A criminal charge against a former correctional sergeant at Waupun Correctional Institution in connection with a prisoner's death was dismissed Sept. 15. Alexander Hollfelder was among seven staff ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The in-custody death of an inmate at the Englewood Federal Correctional Institution on Wednesday is under investigation, according to prison officials.

Maryland State Police are investigating a state prison inmate death at Jessup Correctional Institution, officials announced ...

A Cumberland state prison inmate's death is under investigation, according to Maryland State Police.State police said North Branch Correctional Institution officials called for investigators on ...

An inmate died in Rush City prison this week after an apparent fight with his new cellmate, authorities said. Correctional officers found the man unresponsive with “obvious injuries” after receiving a ...

PLAINFIELD, Ind. — More than a year after an inmate at the Plainfield Correctional Facility was beaten to death in his cell, the Hendricks County Prosecutor filed charges this week against a fellow ...

An inmate's death this week brings the total for the calendar year to 19, the highest number in at least a decade. The Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating the death. At least four of ...

Jury selection has been scheduled for Oct. 6 for two prison guards accused of beating an inmate to death last December. Matthew Galliher and David Kingsley are two of the 10 guards charged in the ...