Two Texas jail guards allegedly left an inmate trapped inside a cell where a mattress fire was raging — leaving the prisoner ...

An inmate died after a fire started inside his prison cell, and now two guards are facing charges, Texas officials say. The ...

Two prison security guards were arrested last week with police alleging that their negligence led to an inmate's death as ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two inmates at the Cook County Jail were sent to the hospital early Wednesday after a small fire in a maximum security division, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities ...

Early this morning, on October 15, state inmate John Leath Halley Jr. was found unresponsive in his cell during routine ...

According to the release, a Baptist Ambulance Service and the Oxford Fire Department were dispatched to the jail immediately ...

MADISON COUNTY, Ala. (WHNT) — According to court records, two inmates have been given an additional charge of arson for setting blankets on fire while in jail. On August 10, court records show that ...

A Marshall County man being held on larceny charges died while in custody at the Lafayette County Detention Center. John Leath Halley Jr., 48, of Byhalia, was unresponsive in his cell during routine ...

The sheriff's office said that 34-year-old Pebbles Girardi suffered a sudden medical emergency inside of her cell at the ...

The jail has been out of compliance since January, when it was issued a notice of non-compliance after being found in ...