BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — An inmate being housed at the Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail was found dead in his cell on Tuesday, according to officials. The Botetourt County Sheriff's Office ...

Alabama death row inmate James Osgood has dropped his appeal and is asking for his execution to go forward this week for a 2010 murder. Alabama Department of Corrections via AP, File “I don’t ...

FEW MINUTES. IN SPARTANBURG, THE CORONER SAYS AN INMATE HAS DIED JUST MONTHS BEFORE HIS RELEASE. THE CORONER SAYS 40 YEAR OLD CALVIN KENNEDY JUNIOR DIED SATURDAY NIGHT, JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT.

The Nigerian Correctional Service has dismissed reports alleging that inmates were being poorly fed and dying of hunger in custodial centres across the country. Reacting to the claims in an ...

An Arizona inmate currently serving 16 life sentences is now being accused of killing three inmates last week, the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry (ADCRR) said.

SPARTANBURG, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office said a state inmate died while in custody on Saturday. Calvin Kennedy Jr., 40, was serving sentences at Livesay ...

JPSO says around 7 a.m., deputies discovered an unresponsive inmate inside a housing unit. The man was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. According to JPSO, the man died by ...

An escaped California inmate wanted for killing the leader of an elite Mexican police unit while on the run was arrested in Tijuana, Mexico. Cesar Hernandez, 34, was arrested Thursday by Mexico ...

An inmate convicted of first-degree murder in Los Angeles County who escaped last year in Central California is now back in custody. Cesar Hernandez was arrested in Tijuana by members of Mexico's ...

WARREN — A $250,000-a-year three-year grant from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office will work to address the drug addiction and mental health problems for inmates at the Trumbull County jail.

“Many inmates leave correctional facilities without skills, support, or a means of livelihood. They often return to communities that reject them, perpetuating a cycle of poverty and recidivism ...