Officers told the wrong family about the death of an inmate at a maximum security prison. The error emerged in a Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) investigation ...

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 ...

An inmate in a Tucson prison died Aug. 9 under unknown circumstances, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation & Reentry. Elmer Shields, 32, died at the Arizona State Prison ...

A coroner has called for action following a prisoner's death at HMP High Down after an inmate said it was easier to get drugs or a mobile phone at the prison than sugar. Oliver Mulangala, 40, was ...

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 ...

A criminal charge against a former correctional sergeant at Waupun Correctional Institution in connection with a prisoner's death was dismissed Sept. 15. Alexander Hollfelder was among seven staff ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The in-custody death of an inmate at the Englewood Federal Correctional Institution on Wednesday is under investigation, according to prison officials.

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 ...