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

JACKSON COUNTY, MI – A man who may have been trying to save his dogs that fell through the ice on Lake Somerset fell through ...

A Ridgeway man who admitted hitting his mother in the head with a hammer was given the maximum sentence during an appearance ...

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 ...

At least five inmates were injured Monday night in stabbing attacks at Hancock State Prison near Sparta, local and state ...

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said there was a “possible riot” at Washington State Prison on Sunday, resulting in ...

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

Washington County Sheriff Joel Cochran released the identities of the three Washington State inmates dead after several ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Several inmates required medical attention after an altercation at the Hancock State Prison on ...

Hancock County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) responded to a physical altercation among inmates at the Hancock State Prison in ...

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