A prison director said he was "very concerned" about conditions in a jail before an inmate was found dead in his cell, an inquest has heard. Matthew Osborne, 39, was found hanging in a cell on the ...

A prison officer working on the day an inmate died was suspended following a disciplinary hearing, an inquest heard. Matthew Osborne was found in his cell on the segregation unit at HMP Lowdham Grange ...

Some fear court-ordered integration in prisons may trigger racial violence. July 1, 2008— -- When an inmate who is not black enters Will Williams' cell for the first time at San Quentin State ...

A national group has agreed to work with Nebraska prison officials to safely reduce the number of inmates in segregation. The state Department of Correctional Services said Tuesday it has been ...

AS the nation debates Trent Lott's comments, it is important to understand what segregation really meant. First and foremost, this was not just a bad attitude but a vast set of laws designed to ...

Folsom, Sacramento County-- Tucked within the sweeping green hills here is one of California's high-security prisons, and within it a cellblock for the worst of the worst inmates, where a visit ...