SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa (WJAC) — Officials with the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections say an investigation is underway after an inmate reportedly died earlier this week at SCI Somerset.

The son of an inmate who died after a prolonged beating by New York prison guards has filed a federal lawsuit.

Two federal death row inmates are asking to be exempted from outgoing President Joe Biden’s order commuting their sentences to life in prison without parole as they seek to appeal their cases ...

Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — The Linn County Sheriff’s Office will resume housing federal inmates at the jail in Cedar Rapids one year after ending its previous agreement ...

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RAMALLAH, West Bank, Jan 20 (Reuters) - The longest-serving Palestinian inmate in Israeli jail, revered by militants as the "dean" of their prisoners, is among more than 200 Palestinians set to be ...

The Federal Government has increased the daily feeding allowance of inmates in its prisons from N750 to N1,125. Vanguard had in June last year, detailed how Nigeria’s rising double-digit ...

Over 1,100 California inmates have been working around the clock in challenging conditions — including howling winds and toxic smoke — to help Cal Fire battle the Eaton and Palisades fires ...

Not many people want to risk their jobs and benefits for their families for a bit of money. And inmates don't want to risk being thrown in the hole for trying to proposition an officer. They also ...

$40,000 BOND. AN INMATE AT THE RACINE COUNTY JAIL DIED FROM INJURIES IN AN ATTACK. DEPUTIES SAY ANOTHER INMATE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR. OFFICIALS IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS THIS MAN, DEVANTE CARRAWAY.