The Wake County Sheriff’s office confirmed that Carlos Roberts, a 45-year old inmate at the detention center, died while in ...

“Give them Tasers, give them stun grenades, give them baton rounds and give them access to lethal weapons,” he told the Sunday Morning With Trevor Phillips programme on Sky News. “Let’s ensure the ...

RALEIGH, N.C. (WTVD) -- An investigation is underway after a 45-year-old inmate died at the Wake County Detention Center. The ...

The Conservatives have called for some prison officers to have access to firearms to counter “out of control” Islamist gangs and violent prisoners. Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick said ...

Man imprisoned for almost 40 years for a killing he did not commit described HMP Wakefield as the 'worst environment ...

A former correction officer has pleaded guilty for his role in what prosecutors call a coverup of the beating death of an ...

As North Carolina officials look to reduce their use of solitary confinement, several mentally ill inmates have killed ...

Prison bosses have been forced to pay out more than £5.5m in compensation claims after prisoners got injured at HMP ...

A manhunt for six "dangerous" inmates who fled a New Orleans jail entered its fifth day on Tuesday. Hundreds of law ...

NEW ORLEANS — A 33-year-old maintenance worker at the Orleans Justice Center has been arrested in connection with last week’s escape of 10 inmates, officials confirmed Tuesday. Sterling ...

A fourth inmate has been captured by authorities after ... obstruction of justice and introducing contraband in prison. Jermaine Donald, 42, charged with second-degree murder, aggravated battery ...

Inmates at a Missouri prison have filed a lawsuit claiming they're suffering from life-threatening extreme heat in their un-air-conditioned cells during the summer. The suit claims that the ...