The family of the deceased inmate plans to sue the state Department of Corrections because inmates did nothing to stop the ...

A New Jersey inmate screamed for help as he was beaten to death inside his prison cell – but his attorney says no one opened ...

The women were in one of the jail's mental health units after being booked into the detention center on low-level charges.

Tammy Suzette Hovland, 59, died of strangulation and blunt force injuries, the Bexar County Medical Examiner's Office said ...

NEW YORK — After spending nearly a quarter-century behind bars, John McMillon was counting down to the day that he would be eligible to be released on parole. McMillon had mental illnesses and had ...

Nicholas Kieffer, a state corrections officer, rejected a plea deal on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025 in a Utica courtroom in the fatal beating of Robert Brooks, an inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility.

The civil rights lawsuit emerged in 2022, nearly a year after 19-year-old, 98-pound Fred Harris was attacked and beaten to death inside a jail cell by an inmate nearly twice his size.

An incident report shows that an inmate wasn’t taken to the hospital for two hours after being repeatedly struck in the face ...

Vasilios Pentsas Jr., a 40-year-old Altoona man serving a state prison term for murder, is attempting to revive a federal ...