Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Allen Gamble Correctional Center is pictured in Holdenville on Jan. 17, 2026. Dustin James Patterson didn't have to die.

A shocking inmate-on-inmate murder at a New Jersey prison is raising serious questions about supervision at the facility. The Essex County Prosecutor’s Office and state Department of Corrections have ...

LANCASTER COUNTY, S.C. — The South Carolina Law Enforcement Division is investigating the death of an inmate in the Lancaster County Detention Center. Deputies said that correctional officers were ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — An Alcorn inmate was found dead in their individual cell Tuesday morning, according to a social media post from the Alcorn County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies say that around 6:30 a.m., ...

A grand jury report into the death of Haywood Dixon at York County Prison in 2023 reflects similar findings from the death of ...

Two grand jury reports, five years apart, detail similar deaths of inmates at York County Prison. Despite recommendations for ...

Corrections officers confronted lots of unexpected water when they headed into a jail cell on Dec. 11 at the Stearns County Jail. Stearns County corrections officers responded to an inmate who pressed ...