The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment” from being inflicted on prisoners.

Two days before three inmates were killed and 12 inmates were injured, a 30-year-old inmate was found dead at the Washington ...

The St. Joseph County Prosecutor’s Office has filed attempted murder and ten additional charges against 34-year-old Dustin Pate of Albion, Indiana, following ...

NORRISTOWN — A jury has been seated for the trial of a Schuylkill County man accused of fatally beating a fellow inmate at ...

Four inmates have died in less than a week at Washington State Prison near Davisboro, The Union-Recorder has learned.

A 38-year-old inmate at a Maryland prison was found dead in his cell, prompting an investigation by State Police.

A constitutional amendment could free up three closed prison complexes on forest preserve lands in the Adirondacks.

Maryland’s inmate death toll climbs to 6 in since Dec. 1 after inmate found dead Jessup Correctional Institution, Sunday.

Auburn, N.Y. - Two men who troopers say assaulted officers at Auburn Correctional Facility have been arrested, State Police ...

Two Alabama prison inmates were killed Thursday during a fight inside Elmore Correctional Facility. The Alabama Department of ...

A federal judge has dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against California that sought detailed voting records and ...

Prosecutors have secured multiple indictments tied to assaults on corrections staff at Auburn Correctional Facility. Cayuga County District Attorney Brittany Grome Antonacci said her office recently ...