He planted a knife in an inmate's cell in order to justify a use-of-force by guards. The inmate was beaten and later died, ...

Washington County Coroner Mark Hodges says that it is unclear whether the death is related to the inmate's injuries from the ...

MACON, Ga. — An inmate at Central State Prison was injured after a fight with another inmate on Wednesday. The Georgia Department of Corrections said that two inmates were involved in a fight at the ...

A New York prison guard accused of failing to intervene in the beating death of an inmate has pleaded guilty to reckless ...

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — A former New York state prison guard convicted of murder for his role in the brutal beating of an inmate that was captured on body-camera footage was sentenced Friday to 25 years to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - This image provided by the New York State Attorney General office shows body camera footage of correction officers beating ...

Two brutal killings, less than three months apart, in New York State’s prison system raised troubling questions: Had other inmates met similar fates? By Jan Ransom Jan Ransom has been covering the ...