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Authorities Regain Control of North Carolina Jail After Inmate Takeover

State and federal investigators have opened a multi‑agency probe to determine whether staffing shortages or long‑standing facility problems allowed the seizure to occur.

Murder Suspect Dies After Medical Emergency at Santa Rita Jail

Grand Jury Declines to Indict Harris County Jailers in Alexis Cardenas’ Death

Homicide Probe Opened in California Prison Death as Cellmate Is Detained

Judge Blocks Trump’s Plan to Send Biden-Commuted Inmates to Federal Supermax

Gang-Linked Fight at Georgia’s Washington State Prison Leaves 3 Inmates Dead

27-Year-Old Dies After Being Found With Ligature at Oakland Courthouse

Michigan Prisons to Photocopy All Legal Mail and Shred Originals Starting Jan. 5

Mount Vernon Suspends Five Officers After Inmate Shoots Another in Transport Van

Autopsy Rules Vista Jail Inmate’s Death Accidental After Bunk Fall

Rikers Detainee Found Dead at George R. Vierno Center in 10th DOC Death of 2025

Ex-Jail Worker Charged in New Orleans Prison Break as Two Escapees Remain Free