A woman who shot a man to death after they drank together in a Pittsburgh apartment will serve at least 5 1/2 years in state prison. Toddia Smiley, 28, of Pittsburgh pleaded guilty in December to ...

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar and his team face mounting criticism about the jail. During a tour, they showed how they're working to make fixes.

An inmate was charged with murdering his cellmate at the Bridgeport Correctional Center, according to the Office of the ...

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Connecticut's Inspector General said an investigation into Steven Bailey's death was complete, since the man's cellmate has ...

An inmate at the MacDougal Correctional Institution in Suffield was charged with murdering his cellmate, according to the Office of the Inspector General.

The Inspector General's investigation detailed the state police's investigation into the inmate fatally strangling his ...

Cell polarity is the asymmetric organisation of several cellular components, including its plasma membrane, cytoskeleton or organelles. This asymmetry can be used for specialised functions, such ...

Department of Correction officials blame a host of factors: the state prison strike jamming so-called state-ready detainees on Rikers; lack of bed space in mental hospitals; and recent legal changes ...

About a week after an intentionally-set fire shut down the Beaufort County Jail, repairs have been completed and inmates have returned to the facility. The inmates had been temporarily placed in the ...

A woman who spent 16 days in an extreme form of solitary confinement in a Nova Scotia prison is now suing the ... after she spent 16 days in a "dry cell" on suspicion that she hid drugs in her ...

A prisoner was today found dead in his cell a day after police and guards quelled an eight-hour riot at a jail. The prisoner is thought to have died from a massive drugs overdose after inmates ...