“Death Under Watch” is an ongoing series by MassLive and The Springfield Republican investigating deaths in Massachusetts ...

This week’s death, which incarcerated people and advocates described as a suicide, comes at a time of turmoil in the facility ...

Newly released federal records shed light on Eleanor Rush's 1954 death in a North Carolina prison—and the uprising and ...

A 33-year-old prisoner died one day after a 37-year-old inmate at the same prison was attacked and killed, officials said.

Senate lawmakers failed to act on a bill that called for more oversight of prison deaths. On Wednesday, the last day for ...

Ashley Elgin had already purchased a welcome-home banner and balloons, and she was planning to take her husband’s last name soon. She told the Herald-Leader she was just nine days away from being ...

Criminal charges won’t be filed in relation to the 2023 death of a man in York County Prison following prison staff’s use of force, according to the York County District Attorney’s Office. But a York ...

A mother from New York has died in prison more than a decade after she was found guilty of smothering her 4-year-old son to death with a pillow. The Westchester County District Attorney confirmed that ...