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Officials allege the supervisor exploited her position to obtain money, gifts and personal services from subordinate officers while defrauding taxpayers through false time records
Correction officers arrested and publicly identified the attorney as a contraband smuggler, but subsequent testing found no drugs and prosecutors dropped the case
Correctional staff cited safety concerns, low morale and communication failures as they urged county leaders to replace the Metropolitan Detention Center warden
The officers allegedly brought detainees to surveillance-free areas before carrying out assaults and coordinating cover stories at East Baton Rouge Parish Prison, the U.S. Attorneys’ Office said
Prosecutors said the assistant superintendent at the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office admitted to having maintenance staff perform repairs at his home while they were on duty
State prison officials will recruit trained law enforcement volunteers as Idaho becomes the nation’s only state with firing squad as its primary execution method
More than a year after they escaped through a hole from a ripped-out toilet, four of the 10 inmates were transferred back to the facility due to bed shortages and transportation needs
The group attack lasted more than six minutes inside a cell at Allegheny County Jail before the victim died, police said
Ruling halts Jeffrey Lee’s scheduled execution and could set up a U.S. Supreme Court review of nitrogen hypoxia
The Maine Model of Corrections links facility culture, case management and community supervision around one goal: preparing people to return home without compromising public safety