Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The sign for the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections’ Rockview state prison on Feb. 12, 2025. (Abby Drey/[email protected]) ...

Three inmates are dead and 13 are injured following a fight at Washington State Prison in Davisboro. Local deputies and state troopers assisted the GDC in regaining control of the facility and ...

WISE COUNTY, Va. (WRIC) — A state investigation launched after several Red Onion State Prison inmates burned themselves and alleged racism, sexual abuse and mistreatment found that a majority of the ...

MACON, Ga. — An inmate at Central State Prison was injured after a fight with another inmate on Wednesday. The Georgia Department of Corrections said that two inmates were involved in a fight at the ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Washington County Sheriff's Office said on Sunday that there was a "possible riot" at the Washington State Prison. Sheriff Joel Cochran said just before 5 p.m. that two ...

An officer-involved shooting left one person hospitalized early Friday morning.

A contraband search operation at multiple Louisiana prisons led to the arrest of one person and a misdemeanor summons for ...

SPARTA, GA (WJBF) – On January 12, 2026, the Hancock County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) responded to Hancock State Prison following reports of a physical altercation among inmates. Preliminary reports ...

A K9 helped sniff out suspects connected to a 30-pound drone with contraband intended to be dropped off at the Baldwin State Prison on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2025, according to the Milledgeville Police ...

Finance and Administration Secretary Jim Hudson addresses the Arkansas Legislative Council on Friday, Oct. 16, 2025. (Photo by Tess Vrbin/Arkansas Advocate) The head of the Arkansas Department of ...

Women’s Huron Valley Correctional Facility near Ypsilanti. Credit: Deedeebee, Wikimedia Creative Commons An internal assessment by the Michigan Department of Corrections contradicts the state’s public ...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections is disputing a claim made by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that the state is not honoring ICE arrest detainers, calling that "categorically false." ...