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The Pennsylvania correctional institution at Rockview in Centre County is among four facilities recommended for closure. (Pa. Department of Corrections photo) The closing of two Pennsylvania ...

RUSSELLVILLE — Pope County authorities have captured a Department of Corrections inmate who was released on bond Friday due to a clerical error. Pope County Sheriff ...

BIG STONE GAP, Va. (WCYB) — A Wallens Ridge corrections officer was attacked by an inmate on Saturday, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections (VADOC). According to authorities, the ...

A former correction officer has been indicted for allegedly having sex with an inmate, according to the Suffolk DA’s office. Boston man William Cooper, 37, has been charged with one count of rape of a ...

Three Arkansas Department of Corrections employees were absolved of wrongdoing in a lawsuit filed by an inmate who was stabbed in 2020, and a jury deadlocked on a fourth, after just over six hours of ...

EMPORIA, Kan. (WIBW) - The Kansas Department of Corrections (KDOC) announced in a press release the implementation of grants to expand behavioral health services for juveniles in detention on Sept. 16 ...

INDIANAPOLIS — A former corrections officer at the Indiana Women's Prison was sentenced after raping an inmate at the prison. Uzochukwu Chinweze was sentenced to 11 years after being found guilty of ...

An Arizona prison inmate is back in custody after officials were allegedly tricked into releasing him by fraudulent documents. Arizona Department of Corrections officials sprung David Cramer in June, ...

An inmate died of an apparent seizure at Rikers Island this week – marking the fifth death in city custody in less than two weeks and the 11th at Rikers this year, officials said. The man, whose name ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - An inmate at the Shelby County Department of Corrections stabbed a corrections officer, according to court records. The officer said 21-year-old Quinton McNeil became upset and ...

The estate of an inmate who died at High Desert State Prison in 2023 has filed a civil rights lawsuit against the Nevada Department of Corrections. Filed in District Court on Aug. 19, the estate of ...