Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan and two guards have been sued, with the lawsuit saying a man was killed by a cellmate ...

Twelve prisoners have been charged with murder and other crimes in a fight that left four inmates dead and a dozen injured at Washington State Prison in January.

Two former prison guards discuss the long-term trauma of a career working with Northern Ireland's most dangerous criminals.

DAVISBORO — Twelve prisoners have been charged with murder and other crimes in a fight that left four inmates dead and a dozen injured at a Georgia state prison in January, corrections officials ...

A large-scale fight at an Arizona prison in Florence left multiple inmates injured. The incident was a gang-related altercation, not a riot, and that staff were not targeted, officials said. One ...

Another New York prison guard charged in the beating death of prisoner Robert Brooks is pleading guilty. Michael Fisher unexpectedly entered the plea after a five-day manslaughter trial in which ...

The federal corrections agency launched pilot projects in two maximum security jails last year to train prison guards to use pepper spray to quell violence in large areas, say newly released documents ...