22+ hour, 7+ min ago   (643+ words) Elmwood Correctional Facility in Milpitas, Calif., on Thursday, April 23, 2020. (Randy Vazquez/Bay Area News Group) Robert SalongaBay Area News Group SAN JOSE, Calif. — Eight years after Santa Clara County agreed to overhaul inadequate medical care in its jails, county officials…...

1+ week, 21+ hour ago   (674+ words) A drawer with prescription medicine for inmates of Laurel County Correctional Center on a movable cart located within one of several medical rooms. October 29, 2024. LEXINGTON, Ky. — The Kentucky Department of Corrections has outlined medical costs that the department will and…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (289+ words) CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cuyahoga County and MetroHealth agreed to pay a combined $100,000 settlement to the family of a county jail inmate who died from a drug overdose, according to probate court records. The lawsuit accused county jail officials and MetroHealth of…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (717+ words) Image created via chatGPT By Meghan FriedmannThe Advocate, Baton Rouge, La. NEWS ORLEANS — For years, Louisiana’s prison system often failed to release inmates on time, holding them past their release dates — sometimes for months. Under Gov. Jeff Landry and Gary…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (159+ words) RICHMOND, Va. — The Virginia Department of Corrections is investigating an attempted drone delivery of contraband at Sussex I State Prison that officials say had an estimated prison value of $324,000. Corrections staff discovered a suspicious package at the prison at about…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (586+ words) Federal Bureau of Prisons WASHINGTON — A bipartisan bill to crack down on contraband cellphones in federal prisons is awaiting House action. It honors a lieutenant killed in a 2013 ambush orchestrated from behind bars. More than 13 years after Lt. Osvaldo Albarati…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (693+ words) By Laurence Hammack The Roanoke Times, Va. ROANOKE, Va. — A former correctional officer was sentenced to 12 months in prison Thursday for striking an inmate in the head more than 40 times in what his supervisor called a “disgusting” use of excessive…...

3+ week, 21+ hour ago   (195+ words) By Javon L. HarrisThe State FLORENCE, S.C. — A former federal prison guard was indicted on misconduct in office charges, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for South Carolina. A federal grand jury in Florence returned a three-count indictment charging Joseph Templeton, 30, of…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (223+ words) CALLAWAY, Fla. — Two Florida state corrections officers face multiple grand theft charges after investigators used license plate recognition technology to track a vehicle connected to a series of alleged retail thefts. Kaitlyn Thomas, 32, and Shaun Smith, 20, are accused of stealing…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (410+ words) By Martín BilbaoThe Olympian (Olympia, Wash.) OLYMPIA, Wash. — An Olympia woman held in the Thurston County jail is in critical condition following an Aug. 13 medical emergency, and a jail nurse has been fired, the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday…...