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Inmates

Former Montgomery Co. detention officer arrested for assault of inmate: MCSO

  • Aug 9

3rd detainee dies after being at Delaney Hall, Rep. Rob Menendez says

  • Aug 7

Inmate mistakenly released from jail captured

  • Aug 20, 2025
Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office

Inmate mistakenly released from New Orleans jail, manhunt underway

  • Jul 28, 2025

Inmate mistakenly released recaptured 'in less than 24 hours'

  • Jun 11, 2025

New Beginnings program steers inmates towards the right path

  • Jun 10, 2025

Ex-police chief who escaped Arkansas prison recaptured: Authorities

  • Jun 6, 2025

District attorney speaks out after Menendez brothers' resentencing

  • May 14, 2025

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New Beginnings program steers inmates towards the right path

  • Jun 10, 2025
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Exonerated man speaks on wrongful conviction, finding peace in art

  • Mar 14, 2024
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Inmate dead, another injured after fight at Holmesburg prison in Philadelphia

  • Mar 13, 2024
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Inmate found dead at Curran-Fromhold Correctional Facility in Philadelphia

  • Jan 28, 2024
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Philadelphia police questioning person who may have picked up teen murder suspect after escape

  • Jan 26, 2024
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Philadelphia police questioning person who may have picked up teen murder suspect after escape

  • Jan 26, 2024
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Are prisoner escapes on the rise in Pennsylvania? Here's what we know

  • Jan 25, 2024
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Murdered woman's family says murder suspect's escape is retraumatizing

  • Jan 25, 2024

Latest Stories

Rapper Tory Lanez rushed to hospital after reportedly being stabbed in prison by fellow inmate

Rapper Tory Lanez was reportedly stabbed by a fellow inmate Monday and hospitalized in unknown condition.

  • May 12, 2025

Tourists, politicians and former inmate sound off on Trump's proposal to reopen Alcatraz as a prison

A proposal by President Trump to reopen Alcatraz as a prison is getting a lot of attention and reaction from tourists, Bay Area leaders and even a former Alcatraz inmate. "I think it's one of the stupidest ideas I've ever heard in my life," said one visitor from Washington state.

  • May 6, 2025
KGO-TV

Trump says he will reopen notorious Alcatraz prison in San Francisco

The prison -- infamously inescapable due to the strong ocean currents and cold Pacific waters that surround it -- was known as the "The Rock" and housed some of the nation's most notorious criminals, including gangster Al Capone and George "Machine Gun" Kelly.

  • May 5, 2025

Escaped inmate convicted in LA County murder and wanted for officer's killing now back in custody

An inmate convicted of first-degree murder in Los Angeles County who escaped last year in Central California is now back in custody.

  • Apr 18, 2025
South Carolina Department of Corrections via AP

South Carolina executes second man by firing squad in 5 weeks

A firing squad has executed a South Carolina man who killed an off-duty police officer decades ago.

  • Apr 12, 2025