(FOX40.COM) — Officials are investigating the death of an inmate at a state prison in Sacramento County after several guards pinned him to the ground. According to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, staff at California State Prison-Sacramento, located in Folsom, responded to a "disturbance in a housing unit" on April 12 around 6:55 []
Howard Holland, former Downingtown police chief who took over leadership of the prison the day before convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante escaped, will soon be named warden permanently.
Howard Holland, former Downingtown police chief who took over leadership of the prison the day before convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante escaped, will soon be named warden permanently.
Ronald M. Phillips resigned on Aug. 30 after being put on administrative leave a month prior, and the members of the county Prison Board, in accepting the resignation of the four-decade veteran of the prison system, appointed former Downingtown Police Chief Howard Holland as the interim warden.
Chadwick Crabtree, Correction Warden III at Limestone Correctional Facility, has been employed with the state prison system for over two decades.
Candidates running for Fulton County Sheriff told voters at an ACLU of Georgia "Know Your Sheriff" town hall event on Tuesday they plan to improve prison conditions through a combination of additional staff, increased scrutiny of incoming inmates, and upgraded housing. Suggestions come in the wake of a slew of deaths in the county's prison system. As part of the event, candidates completed a questionnaire to inform voters about their position on issues. One question asked, "Since 2022, over 20...
The incident happened in November of 2020 at the Mount Olive Correctional Center.
Crowley and Johnson were joined by Chief Judge Carl Ashley at Community Reintegration Center.
The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons says it is planning to close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse. Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters said in a statement to the AP that the agency had “taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources to address culture, recruitment and retention, aging infrastructure - and...
Britain's biggest prison, HMP Berwyn in North Wales, opened its doors in 2017 and has acquired a reputation as the epicentre of a sex scandal engulfing the Prison Service.
HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) -- A male inmate was found dead in the Houston County Jail Friday morning, Sheriff Donald Valenza confirmed to WDHN. Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd identified the inmate as 27-year-old Andrew Martinez of Enterprise. Sheriff Valenza says Martinez was booked into the jail early Friday morning and was found dead at []
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – The Metropolitan Detention Center will soon have a new warden. Bernalillo County has tasked Steven Kai Smith to oversee the jail. He has 24 years of corrections experience in Florida and is currently working at a facility with 1,300 inmates and 400 staff. His first day at MDC is June 17.