A San Francisco man has been sentenced to state prison and is required to register as a sex offender for life after sexually assaulting a woman last year, officials say.

Two inmates, Justin Turner and David James, have walked away from the Jim E. Hamilton Correctional Center in Hodgen, Oklahoma ...

The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that it has reopened two more dorms in the previously closed Annex at ...

Authorities in the South Bay have released the identities of three Santa Clara County jail inmates charged in the murder and ...

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said authorities should now move quickly and pursue criminal charges against those responsible for ...

Two inmate deaths occurred at Shelby County Jail within 24 hours: one suspected overdose and one apparent suicide.

A federal judge agreed Tuesday to temporarily block prison officials from transferring three incarcerated transgender women to men’s facilities and terminating their access to ...

Last May, deteriorating conditions and frequent lockdowns in San Francisco jails prompted a tense public hearing in front of ...

It has been 45 years since one of the deadliest prison riots in U.S. history. It all happened here in New Mexico.

CRAVEN COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — The search continues in North Carolina for a man accused of escaping a detention center through ...

Jan. 24—A Limestone Correctional Facility inmate remained on life support following an inmate-on-inmate assault on Wednesday, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. Michael Thomas Jones, ...