The blast occurred outside the facility’s largest housing unit. The Middleton Fire Department responded and extinguished the ...

A transformer at the county jail exploded outside an inmate housing unit, causing a fire that forced the evacuation of 407 ...

MIDDLETON, MA — An electrical explosion that forced the evacuation of 407 inmates at the Middleton Jail and House of ...

A fire at the Middleton Jail and House of Corrections caused one minor injury and extensive building damage, according to the Essex County District Sheriff’s Department.

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 ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two inmates at the Cook County Jail were sent to the hospital early Wednesday after a small fire in a maximum security division, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities ...

Adams County sheriff warns crumbling 1970s jail is unsafe, demanding supervisors act on a new facility as inmate numbers rise ...

ST. LOUIS — Inmates at the St. Louis City Justice Center smashed windows, threw debris and clogged drains in a disturbance that started early Saturday morning. About 115 inmates on the fourth floor ...

Approximately 200 inmates were evacuated from their unit Thursday after a fire broke out in the air conditioning system at the Salt Lake County Jail. A subcontractor was doing maintenance work on the ...

Firefighters responded to a Massachusetts jail after a transformer explosion and fire that prompted the evacuation of 407 ...