An inmate was found dead in a Monroe County Jail cell, sparking an investigation by police.

An advocacy group for prisoners’ rights has filed a civil rights lawsuit against corrections officers who allegedly ignored requirements that they videotape a prison-cell encounter with an inmate, who says he was sexually abused, beaten without provocation and taunted with words that evoked the 2020 death of George Floyd at the hands of police.

A 76-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting her terminally ill husband in a Florida hospital was released from jail.

Police say Ellen and Jerry Gilland had a murder-suicide plan in the works for weeks: If his unnamed illness took a turn for the worse, the 76-year-old woman would fatally shoot her terminally ill, 77-year-old husband and then take her own life.

Sam Bankman-Fried will have a hearing Wednesday in a Bahamian court on his possible extradition U.S. in the coming days to face criminal charges related to the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX.

Sam Bankman-Fried may be ready to come to the U.S. to face criminal charges related to the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX following a chaotic court appearance in the Bahamas.

DETROIT - Corrections officers dealing with grueling, stressful conditions on a daily basis is creating a crisis inside Michigan prisons. A study released this summer by the Michigan Department of Corrections took a look at prison staff members and mental health. It found officers, especially those who work with inmates, are in a state of crisis in terms of their mental health. "It's a dark place," said Cary Johnson, a corrections officer at G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson. "I have seen some crazy things," Johnson said.