The shuttered prison in Augusta County is one of six facilities identified to expand immigration detention and deportation efforts by the federal government.

“Our facility offers extensive secure housing, medical and administrative areas, segregation units, and ample outdoor space, ...

An Augusta inmate is now recovering after he was stabbed multiple times at the Charles B. Webster Detention Center last week, ...

A Buncombe County Detention Facility detainee died over the weekend after he was found unresponsive in his cell, according to the sheriff's office.

A local man, 74, who was sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2010 after trying to hire a hitman to kill a couple is headed ...

HANCOCK COUNTY, Ga. — A Hancock State Prison inmate died Sunday after a fight with his cellmate, according to Hancock County ...

Local representatives for Staunton, Augusta County, and Waynesboro have introduced new bills for the 2026 Virginia General Assembly session. Proposed legislation covers topics including public safety, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – More than $200,000 a month is roughly how much money the Cambria County Prison spends on inmates’ health care ...

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ga. — Two days after a deadly riot at Washington State Prison left three men dead and more than a dozen injured, two former Georgia inmates say the violence was not an isolated ...

(The Center Square) - The Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution prohibits “cruel and unusual punishment” from being inflicted on prisoners. For many, that definition would logically include ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Fighting that broke out at a Georgia state prison over the weekend left three inmates dead and injured a corrections officer and 13 more inmates, the Georgia Department of Corrections ...

A fight at a Middle Georgia state prison left three inmates dead and about a dozen injured Sunday afternoon, according to officials. Washington County Sheriff Joel Cochran said the incident at ...