An inmate used an e-cigarette battery and some toilet paper to set his jail cell aflame Friday, according to the Carroll ...

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 ...

Inmates at the Fulton County Jail claim staff members panicked and equipment failed during a fire on Friday. One man says he had to grab an empty fire extinguisher from a frozen staff member to try ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An inmate at the Daviess County Detention Center was charged with arson and wanton endangerment Thursday after starting a fire in ...

Inmates broke windows, set a fire and threw chairs and other items out of a third-floor window in the second significant uprising in two months at a downtown jail, leaving St. Louis leaders again ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Another inmate was taken to the hospital Friday night after a fire at the Fulton County Jail. Authorities said an inmate started a fire at the jail, sending 10 inmates and staff ...

MIDDLETON — Inmate visits at Middleton Jail are canceled until at least next week and some prisoners are being held in Middlesex County after a transformer fire in a housing unit caused extensive ...