Investigations

Consultant's report says on dozens of occasions Henderson Jail COs have worked two weeks or longer without a day off

Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner defended the action of the deputies to restrain a psychotic inmate and says he will be “the first one to donate” to any legal fee fundraisers

The aspiring true-crime author is alleged to have helped Aubrey Trail, a convicted killer, in a murder-for-hire scheme to extort money from a prison nurse who had smuggled contraband into the prison

MTC failed to provide enough staff, including 12,000 unfilled mandatory shifts from 2017 to 2020, to ensure the safety of prison employees and inmates

Difficult terrain and unseasonably warm weather made it challenging to find Danilo Cavalcante, even though he never left the county during 2 weeks on the run

An autopsy concluded that Stephen Todd Booker, 69, who became a published poet while serving on death row, died of acute fentanyl toxicity

Officials say state police are authorized to use deadly force if Cavalcante isn’t actively surrendering

Dan Spaeth, 22, was killed in "what appears to be a senseless act of violence" as he attempted to slow vehicle traffic for deer crossing the road

The man's plot was discovered when a cellmate and an undercover deputy got an audio recording of the scheme

A North Las Vegas killer, who refused to take his schizophrenia medication, is accused of killing his 70-year-old cellmate at High Desert State Prison

Personnel, aircraft from the Border Patrol are joining the manhunt on Friday for the escapee who "crab walked his way up a wall" to escape

The rare lockdown in the nation's largest prison system, which comes during a heat wave, is happening as officials 'confront the root causes' of drug contraband and violence

Manhunt for Danelo Cavalcante continues into its second week and a tower officer has been put on leave as part of the escape investigation

The Franklin County Regional Jail inmate died after she jumped out of the transport vehicle's window, police said

According to the report, “in addition to any potential human failures, staffing shortages and pressures, policy deficiencies and ambiguities, and historical internal practices were chief contributing factors"