Robert Brooks Jr. has become a poster child for prison reform after his father was murdered by correction officers, and is ...

Thomas Eck, 45, made a brief appearance before Judge Michael R. Nolan Tuesday morning for scheduling purposes. Five other COs ...

A former New York state prison guard was found guilty of murder in the death of an inmate beaten while handcuffed, while two ...

Plans to close an aging Jessup, Maryland, state prison next year include transferring inmates to at least two Hagerstown-area prisons and possibly all three, though details are not final, according to ...

The state prison system won’t consider rehiring two former officers, despite them being acquitted on criminal charges related ...

Former NY guard David Kingsley convicted of murder in inmate Robert Brooks' beating death; two others acquitted. Five guards ...

(This story was updated to include the number of correctional officers at the three state prisons south of Hagerstown.) Plans to close an aging Jessup, Maryland, state prison next year include ...

The son of the man who was beaten to death in Marcy Correctional Facility called on the governor to sign a package of prison ...

YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) — An inmate who was at York County Prison on attempted murder and other charges died over the weekend. The inmate was identified Tuesday as Juan Gualberto Ortiz-Ortiz, 64, of ...

Erie County government used inmates to remove snow in December without judicial approval. The county executive defended the program, stating it used "low-risk" inmates and followed internal vetting ...

A federal corrections officer from Ocala has been charged with sexually abusing a federal inmate and accepting a bribe, the United States Attorney’s Office announced. Cornelius Alexander Thompson, 38, ...

Israel M. Mendoza, 40, died Tuesday, after he was attacked by another inmate, the department said in a news release. He was ...