The following people have recently been booked into the Columbia County Justice and Detention Facility on Rawhide Road in ...

Over 10 years, the reasons for the killings are often the same: Severe understaffing, lax oversight and gang violence.

The Washington County Sheriff’s Office said there was a “possible riot” at Washington State Prison on Sunday, resulting in ...

Three inmates were killed, and at least 13 other people were injured Sunday, stemming from what authorities say was a riot triggered by fights at Washington State Prison in Davisboro.

The FBI was notified, officials said. No employees or other inmates were injured, and authorities said the public was not in ...

Three inmates were killed, and at least 13 others were injured when fights broke out inside the Washington State Prison in ...

Washington County Sheriff Joel Cochran released the identities of the three Washington State inmates dead after several ...

At least a dozen others were hospitalized after violence erupted at Washington State Prison in Davisboro, officials said. The ...

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul signed the Jail and Prison Oversight Omnibus Bill Friday, which seeks to reform prisons across the state. The reforms in the bill include more cameras in prisons, ...

Lawmakers have made multiple efforts to improve the process of getting incarcerated people the identification they need to ...

A nearly two-year investigation into a Panhandle state prison has concluded that overcrowding and understaffing has resulted in a high concentration of complaints by inmates about excessive force and ...

The Oregon Supreme Court on Dec. 22 ordered the release of two incarcerated people convicted of crimes in Marion County who were rearrested months after the Department of Corrections recalculated and ...