Hundreds, and perhaps even thousands, of inmates inside U.S. prisons have gotten ahold of cell phones. Many spend the evenings chatting away in their cells. It's a problem many prison officials don't ...

A Philadelphia woman has been charged with trying to smuggle a cellphone to an inmate at Delaware County prison. The Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division has charged Pearl Nimley, 26, and ...

An inmate at Cook County Jail died last week after a fire inside his cell, sheriff's officials said. Around 7:15 p.m. Thursday, correctional officers in the residential treatment unit of the jail ...

WAUPUN, Wis. (WBAY) - The Wisconsin Department of Corrections confirmed Monday that a fire broke out in a cell at Waupun Correctional Institution early Saturday morning. At about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday ...

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — There are growing concerns from union leaders after four Minnesota corrections officers were injured during an attack inside the Rush City Correctional Facility Saturday afternoon.

A massive manhunt is on for two California fugitives who cut jail bars and rappelled out of their second-story cell window in the oldest section of the Santa Clara County Main Jail on Thanksgiving eve ...

A 23-year-old inmate who was suspected of concealing drugs inside his body was found dead in his cell just three days after beginning a sentence for burglary at Limerick Prison, an investigation has ...