The former correctional officer hid weapons and drugs including cocaine and methamphetamine, federal prosecutors say.

A 78-year-old inmate at Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County died on Thursday following a rapid decline in health, the county Sheriff's Office said, prompting an ongoing investigation.

REDWOOD CITY – No criminal charges will be filed in the overdose death of a 25-year-old inmate at a jail in Redwood City ...

Lawyers for a South Carolina death row inmate are heading to federal court to argue that the state is not properly carrying out executions. South Carolina uses either lethal injection or the ...

• Methadone, an opioid, is a medication used to treat opioid addicts. • Amitriptyline is an antidepressant used to treat ...

A former upstate New York prison guard pleaded guilty Friday for his role in what prosecutors called a coverup of the beating death of inmate by fellow guards. Joshua Bartlett entered guilty pleas ...

A former upstate New York prison guard pleaded guilty Friday for his role in what prosecutors called a coverup of the beating death of inmate by fellow guards. Joshua Bartlett entered guilty pleas to ...

Since the early to mid-1800s, Nevada City has been a haven for many people in California and beyond, including LGBTQ+ travelers and transplants. Today, downtown Nevada City is a national historic ...

It's a natural thing in the city to be alarmed ... with jail standards.Landry ordered all the Department of Corrections inmates at the jail to be relocated to other state-run facilities.Landry's ...

When President Donald Trump commuted the federal prison sentence of former Chicago gang leader Larry Hoover, it may have marked the first time a form of clemency was granted on a current inmate of ...