Details surrounding the death of James Thomas Prater Jr. were not released, but the prison said no other inmates were ...

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A 55-year-old male inmate was found unresponsive in his cell at the Sangamon County Jail on Tuesday, at approximately 8:29 ...

A former Orange County sheriff’s deputy was acquitted on Tuesday, Feb. 16, of using excessive force when pouring hot water on ...

An inmate at the state prison in Skippack Township must answer to charges in Montgomery County Court that he fatally beat ...

Dominique Ware, 35, was taken to the hospital last Thursday after suffering some kind of medical emergency while in county ...

Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon said a 55-year-old Sangamon County Jail inmate who was found unresponsive in his cell Tuesday morning later died at HSHS St. John's Hospital. Allmon did not release ...

Everyone is safe, one officer sustained a minor injury and returned to duty,” the state Department of Corrections said.

The attacks occurred years earlier when Bennie Thorpe worked at a state women’s prison, his accusers said. Now he runs a ...

According to one mother who spoke with her son who is in the jail, inmates screamed out: "We're going to die back here. There ...

An Estrella Jail inmate died of a fatal overdose in the early hours of Valentine's Day, according to the Maricopa County ...