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A coroner has highlighted prison failings after an inmate who stabbed a stranger to death in 2013 was found dead in his cell.

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ga. — A Hancock State Prison inmate is dead while in custody, the Georgia Department of Correction confirms.

Moore died Dec. 8, 2023, following an incident in which Missouri Department of Corrections employees were investigating a ...

A rally is planned for Friday at the DOC headquarters calling for “Justice for J’Allen,” a prisoner who died in 2018 after ...

The California prison used to house some of the state’s most violent criminals, but has become more known lately for creative pursuits. By Heather Knight Reporting from San Quentin, Calif.

Greer is serving time for a previous escape conviction in Guilford County that included additional charges of assault. That ...

Kyle Barton’s health consistently deteriorated until he was so weak he fell and hit his head on a table, causing a brain ...

WILLIAMSPORT — The remaining defendants in a federal wrongful death and survival suit stemming from the 2020 suicide of a woman in the Schuylkill County Prison have agreed to a settlement.

Sixty-six legislators recently sent a letter to Governor Maura Healey calling for safety improvements at state prisons ...

If state officials quit reincarcerating people for violating their parole conditions — what’s known as “technical parole violations” — they could close an entire prison, critics say.