Failures by staff might have contributed to the death of a vulnerable prisoner who took his own life on his first night at HMP Hewell, an inquest jury has concluded. Mesut Olgun died in June 2018, six ...

Maryland State Police are investigating a state prison inmate death at Jessup Correctional Institution, officials announced Sunday. Around 8 p.m. Saturday, the state police Homicide Unit was contacted ...

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of an inmate at the North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland, authorities said Tuesday. The inmate, identified as Jordan Polston, 32, was ...

An inmate's death this week brings the total for the calendar year to 19, the highest number in at least a decade. The Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating the death. At least four of ...

UTICA, N.Y. — A former prison guard in Oneida County was sentenced to prison Friday morning for his involvement in the death of inmate and Greece native Robert Brooks. News10NBC’s affiliate in ...

When Alan Lancaster died in January 2023 at South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, his family went looking for answers. The Missouri Department of Corrections recorded his death as an ...

South Dakota's highest ranking law enforcement officer is criticizing the state's prison system as officials open another investigation into a suspected drug overdose involving an inmate. The South ...

An inmate died in Department of Corrections custody last week, adding another name to a list of in-custody deaths that’s higher than the state has seen in recent memory. Travis Long Fox, 33, died ...