The family of an inmate who died at a Missouri jail is suing the agency, claiming in a lawsuit that corrections officers ignored his deteriorating health in the days and hours leading up to his death.

Kentucky State Police is investigating the death of an inmate at the Eastern Kentucky Correctional Complex that occurred on Sunday evening.

The death of an inmate at the Cummins Unit near Grady on Monday is under investigation, prison officials said.

Maryland State Police are investigating the death of a 32-year-old inmate found unresponsive at the North Branch Correctional Institution in Cumberland.

The death of an inmate at Turbeville Correctional Institution in Clarendon County, South Carolina is being investigated as a potential homicide, state officials said.

Some lawmakers and groups are making pleas for a man sitting on Oklahoma's death row for a double murder committed almost 20 years to be granted clemency.

The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law committee discussed a bill Tuesday that would allow firing squad executions for death penalty inmates, including testimony from four people opposed to the bill.

An inmate at the Shasta County Jail was found unresponsive early Tuesday morning, leading to an in-custody death investigation by local authorities.Shasta Count