Officials say Arthur Lee Cofield Jr. was reported missing Tuesday from a minimum-security facility in Jesup. As an inmate at Georgia's maximum security prison, Arthur Lee Cofield Jr. was accused of ...

The country has faced criticism from human rights activists for the conditions in its prisons, including overcrowding and failing to protect inmates. By Pamodi Waravita and Jeremy W. Peters Pamodi ...

Three federal prison facilities in Texas and three in other states will close, according to the U.S. Department of Justice's Federal Bureau of Prisons. The agency made the announcements on Wednesday ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) announced Wednesday that it will ...

The federal government is closing the low-security building at FCI-Petersburg due to maintenance and staffing issues. 459 of the 611 inmates at the complex will be transferred to other low-security ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) - The Federal Bureau of Prison has announced the closure of a Lexington facility. The Federal Medical Center’s satellite campus will be one of the several facilities to be ...

El Paso public health officials are investigating seven reported cases of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness caused by the parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis, but say they have not found a common ...

After being transferred from FCI Seagoville to a federal medical facility in Forth Worth, Texas, Josh Duggar is on the move again Washington County Sheriff's Office via Getty Josh Duggar was ...

A North Carolina man died Sunday in Oregon’s only federal prison. Franklin Earl Lawrence Jr., 53, was found unresponsive at about 7:30 p.m. in the Federal Correctional Institution in Sheridan.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (FLORENCE, Colo.) — The Federal Bureau of Investigation was notified after an inmate was found unresponsive at the United States ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... An inmate’s death is under investigation after he was found unresponsive in a southern Colorado prison on Sunday, according to federal officials. Ryder ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... A federal prison lieutenant is set to stand trial in August in a smuggling scheme where he allegedly accepted bribes to sneak contraband into a southern ...