An inmate set a shower fire on the jail’s unrenovated seventh floor, triggering a major emergency response. Nine people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation, including five inmates and four ...

An inmate at Cook County Jail died last week after a fire inside his cell, sheriff's officials said. Around 7:15 p.m. Thursday, correctional officers in the residential treatment unit of the jail ...

Anyone visiting Castaic Lake on Wednesday may have seen smoke and flames rising from across the water on the overcast day.

CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCIV) — Inmates at the Al Cannon Detention Center allegedly set fire to a jail-issued tablet Thursday, according to an incident report from the Charleston County Sheriff's ...

SEDALIA, Mo. (KCTV) - A jail fire started by an inmate sent one deputy to the hospital and endangered others. Pettis County, Missouri, Circuit Court records filed on Wednesday, Nov. 26, indicate that ...