Multiple employees have been placed on leave and charges are pending after an inmate died at a maximum security lockup in West Virginia, state officials said.

John Matthew Nigh, an escaped inmate with a lengthy criminal record, is currently on the run, according to North Carolina jail officials.

An inmate at a federal correctional facility in West Virginia was sentenced to additional prison time after he was found with a weapon, officials said.Demoreal

The lawsuit filed Friday claims the inmate is biologically male and was originally placed in a men's prison.

New York Attorney General Letitia James released body-worn camera video showing officers beating an inmate who died.

Footage showing the fatal use of force against an inmate at the Marcy Correctional Facility in Oneida County is expected to be released.

The inmate accused of killing a correction officer at Ross Correctional Institution has been identified.

A Texas inmate was charged with capital murder after he attacked and killed a 28-year-old detention officer earlier this week, according to jail records.