Inmate fight at Merced County's Latorraca jail leads to lockdown

A recent inmate fight at the John Latorraca Correctional Center left several inmates injured and two dorms on lockdown.

Kingston Penitentiary remains under lockdown

Kingston Penitentiary, home to many of Canada's most dangerous and notorious criminals, remained under lockdown Thursday evening after a prison brawl Tuesday left seven inmates injured.

Ore. prison inmate found unresponsive in Snake River cell; partial prison lockdown

An inmate serving time for robbing a Portland check-cashing store and severely beating a clerk was found unresponsive in his cell at the Snake River Correctional Institution in Ontario, Ore.

Federal inmate gets 8 years for assaults on corrections officers

A federal inmate serving time at the Federal Correctional Institution in Beckley has been sentenced to eight years in prison for separate assaults on corrections officers.

Sheriff says inmate fakes rape claim in Washington County Detention Center

A Washington County Detention Center inmate confessed that he faked a claim that another inmate raped him last week, Sheriff Ed Graybeal announced Thursday in a news release.

Snake River Correctional Institution Inmate Found Unresponsive

At 10:00 a.m. this morning, Complex Two at Snake River Correctional Institution (SRCI) was put on lockdown status after an inmate was found unresponsive in his cell.

Inmate adds pig image to Vt. police cruiser decals

A prison inmate who makes stationery and license plates pulled a fast one on state police by adding the image of a pig to the state decal on their cruisers.

4 Corrections Officers Hurt Restraining Inmate

Prison officials said four officers at the Maryland Correctional Institution in Hagerstown were injured while trying to restrain an inmate.

Inmate gets more jail time after pleading guilty in officer assault case

Already serving state prison time in two other cases, a former East Stroudsburg man pleaded guilty Tuesday to punching a Monroe County Correctional Facility guard and was immediately sentenced to six months to two years in state prison.

Second sickening attack linked to inmate

A suspect in a brutal jail killing is doing time over one of the prison system's most sickening attacks.