The 46-year-old died shortly before the unit began a new program to better screen for smuggled drugs and other contraband.

Ministers and family members described the dangerous conditions that incarcerated people endure in Alabama correctional ...

Family members carried photos of loved ones who have died in prison and photos of state officials with the caption “Blood On ...

Officials from the Nevada Department of Corrections told lawmakers that skyrocketing drug overdoses are one of the main drivers behind overtime expenses that have cost the state more than $18 million ...

Nevada’s prisons face a surge of overdoses as ink-laced synthetic drugs are smuggled through mail, exposing a dangerous rise ...

An Erie resident was sentenced to up to 30 years in state prison for providing fentanyl in fatal overdoses of his friend and ...

The Garfield man previously pleaded guilty to to first-degree strict liability drug-induced death of another, authorities ...

In 2024, LA County recorded 2,438 drug overdose deaths, marking a 22% countywide decline from the 3,137 deaths in 2023.

A judge rejected Brooke Seal's request to reduce her nine-year prison term, issued in connection with the drug overdose death ...

The Irish Prison Service says 85 men were sleeping on mattresses on the floor on one date earlier this month. The facility, ...

Officials say drugs coming through the mail are contributing to a tenfold increase in overdoses since 2020, and the medical ...

PAINESVILLE, Ohio (WJW) – A Willoughby man has been sentenced to prison in connection with a fatal drug overdose in 2023. According to the Lake County Sheriff’s Office, in November of 2023, a man ...