Corrections & Prisons

2+ hour, 20+ min ago   (182+ words) FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WPTA) - A 68-year-old Fort Wayne man was sentenced Monday for molesting two children. Perry Miles was charged with six counts of child molesting in July 2025. In August, he took a plea deal that dismissed four of those…...

21+ min ago   (155+ words) LIVINGSTON — A Tickfaw man will spend 13 years in prison on fentanyl charges. 21st Judicial District Attorney Scott Perrilloux reports that Devin Bess, 32, of Tickfaw, appeared before Judge Brenda Bedsole Ricks and pleaded guitly to possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. The…...

49+ min ago   (194+ words) WAUPUN, Wis. — A nurse who worked at Waupun Correctional Institution plead no contest to a misdemeanor charge of violating state/county institution laws. The charge was in connection to the death of Donald Maier, a 62-year-old inmate that died at…...

31+ min ago   (336+ words) CANTON, New York (WWNY) - A representative for the state’s unionized prison workers is sounding the alarm over an incoming wave of corrections officer retirements. Bryan Hluska, Central Region Vice President for the New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent…...

1+ hour, 8+ min ago   (640+ words) Some Cook County commissioners are pushing for an independent review of the Cook County Jail, citing concerns about deaths, medical care and inadequate supervision. A resolution calling for the review is scheduled for a vote Tuesday in the board’s Health…...

43+ min ago   (208+ words) HILO, Hawaii (Island News) – Charges were made in connection with a firearms incident that occurred in Hilo on Wednesday evening, Sept. 16, 2026. Officers responded to a home on Iloko St. in Hilo on Wednesday night at 11:30 p.m. following a report of…...

31+ min ago   (294+ words) Published Sep. 21, 2026, 4:30 p.m. ET | Updated Sep. 21, 2026 NAPLES, Fla. — Naples Mayor Teresa Heitmann is asking a Collier County judge to terminate her probation early, with her attorneys saying she has completed all court-imposed conditions. Heitmann’s attorneys filed a motion for early termination…...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago   (1723+ words) The cuyahoga county court of common pleas case search finds active and closed cases online. You can look up criminal, civil, and domestic records from anywhere in 2026. The Clerk of Courts maintains millions of case files for the county. Most…...

3+ hour, 57+ min ago   (69+ words) The rehabilitation of prison inmates is a shared responsibility between correctional services and society. That’s the message from Correctional Services bosses at the opening of Corrections Week at Goodwood Correctional Centre. The week aims to highlight rehabilitation programmes and help…...

8+ hour, 48+ min ago   (122+ words) A small fire broke out on Monday, Sept. 21, at the Monroe County Adult Detention Center. According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, the fire was comprised of papers and stemmed from contractors working in an unoccupied housing unit. One occupied…...