Investigations

LA County's assistant sheriff, who oversees the county's jails, said the two deputies involved have been relieved of duty with pay

Epstein was agitated and unable to sleep, jail officials observed in newly obtained records. He complained he was struggling to adapt to life behind bars

All 123 federal prisons in the United States need an estimated $2 billion worth of maintenance, the report says

“These allegations aren’t a reflection on all of those correctional officers who work hard in keeping our citizens safe,” the district attorney said

The two men were reported missing from the Allen Oakwood Correctional Institution in Lima, Ohio; Bradley Gillespie is still wanted

The plan called for John Manchec’s employees to pepper-spray correction officers and take him to his private plane so that he could fly to France

Anthony Mitchell died of hypothermia after spending two weeks in a jail during a mental health break

Bryan Kohberger's trial has been set for early October. The prosecutor now has 60 days to inform the court whether he will seek the death penalty in the case

A federal grand jury indicted three correctional officers, accusing two of them of beating an inmate who was handcuffed and trying to cover it up in written reports

A Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office spokesman said there were no “visible or obvious” injuries but complaints of pain

Joran van der Sloot, the suspect in the teen's disappearance, will be extradited to the U.S. to face charges he extorted thousands from Holloway’s mother

The report outlines the steps the Penobscot County sheriff and staff need to take to comply with PREA. It also said a new jail would allow for better surveillance

Darrell Wayne Smith, who worked at the Federal Correctional Institution in Dublin, is the sixth employee at the prison charged with abusing inmates

The man suspected in the 2005 disappearance of the Ala. teen in Aruba is currently serving a 28-year prison sentence in Peru for a 2010 murder

Lethal injections were put on hold after Alabama called off two due to difficulties establishing IV access and another execution was delayed because of IV line problems