Cops: Inmate tried to have family killed

 A 35-year-old inmate facing an aggravated molestation charge offered an undercover officer $75,000 to kill his family so they could not testify against him, Gwinnett County police said.

Captured AZ inmate treated for self-inflicted cuts

Authorities say an Arizona fugitive who was captured after a three-week manhunt used a plastic razor Tuesday morning to cut his neck and forearm.

Inmate search passes 48-hour mark

Sterling Correctional Facility escapee Douglas Alward is a runner. And that's not just a reference to the fact that he escaped four times from law enforcement in Colorado.

Deputies use stun guns to subdue jail inmates

Corrections officers used stun guns to subdue Saline County Jail inmates who became unruly in two unrelated incidents over the weekend.

Inmate charged in Harrison jail beating

A Harrison County Jail inmate has been charged with battery in an Aug. 11 attack on a fellow inmate.

Cook County Jail Inmate Charged with Attacking Another Guard

Cook County Jail inmate Charles Hall has been charged for the second time in two months with an attack on jail correctional officers, with the most recent attack leaving an officer with a broken eye socket.

Assault on guard spurs inspections at jail

Concerned about the safety of Scott County’s correctional officers after a guard recently was assaulted by an inmate, their union requested the jail be inspected by the Iowa Division of Labor Services.

Jail captain says inmates clogged, flushed toilets

Spokane County Jail inmates will start returning today to cells they flooded with toilet water Saturday evening.

Two Pasco County inmates attack detention deputy

The Pasco County Sheriff's Office has released a video after two inmates were involved in an incident at the Land O'Lakes Detention Center in Pasco County.

UPDATED: Authorities investigate cause of prison riot

Authorities on Monday were investigating the cause of a two-hour prison riot at a Castaic jail that left 20  inmates and two deputies with minor injures.

More than 200 inmates at the Pitchess Detention Center’s South Facility armed themselves with shanks and threw rocks at deputies in a coordinated attack Sunday afternoon.