LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A high-profile inmate escape, the resignation of the prisons director, and reports that fences, doors and windows were vulnerable. It all added up to a spotlight on the Nevada ...

The Nevada Department of Corrections has reported the deaths of five inmates, all occurring within a short period spanning from late January to early February this year. Among the deceased are ...

FOX5 sat down one-on-one with Metro’s Missing Person Detail to learn what they’re doing to find them.

Charles Walker, 46, who was housed at High Desert State Prison in Indian Springs. Walker died Feb. 1. Anthony Silveria, 62, was also a Northern Nevada Correctional Center inmate.

An upstate prison was still locked down Thursday after guards retook control of three dorms following an inmate uprising sparked when a corrections officer seized one prisoner’s illegal cellphones.

LET’S SEND IT BACK TO YOU. NEW THIS MORNING, AN INMATE AT METRO CORRECTIONS HAS DIED. THE MAYOR’S OFFICE SAYS THE 60 YEAR OLD MAN WAS FOUND UNRESPONSIVE IN ONE OF THE HOUSING UNITS.

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (FOX5) - The Nevada Department of Corrections reported five prisoner deaths, including three convicted murderers. They all died late January into early February. Offender John ...

AND THEN ANOTHER CRASH, THIS ONE NEAR I-44 AND I-40. OKLAHOMA CITY POLICE SAY ONE PERSON DIED. ALL THREE OF THESE INCIDENTS ARE ODOC officials said Jody Patterson walked away from the Clara Waters ...

(KOLO) - Nevada Medicaid has been given an award of $5 million to help implement a program that would provide healthcare for newly released inmates ... local jails and prisons better meet the ...

A New York state prison was placed on lockdown after inmates attacked and injured three guards days after concerns of staffing shortages were reported. The New York State Department of Corrections ...

Howard Twilley died at age 81, according to his alma mater, the University of Tulsa. No cause of death was given. Twilley was runner-up for the Heisman Trophy during his time at Tulsa before he was ...

CINCINNATI — A former Hamilton County corrections officer will spend 9 months in prison after he was convicted of sexual battery against a female inmate. The incident took place back in April at ...