An inmate at the Daviess County Detention Center was charged with arson and wanton endangerment Thursday after starting a fire in his jail cell. A jail press release said the incident occurred Tuesday ...

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 ...

CAMP HILL, Pa. — An inmate at the State Correctional Institute in Camp Hill, Cumberland County reportedly forced an evacuation at the facility after he allegedly set is cell on fire, according to ...

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 ...

WAUPUN, Wis. (WBAY) - The Wisconsin Department of Corrections confirmed Monday that a fire broke out in a cell at Waupun Correctional Institution early Saturday morning. At about 2:30 a.m. on Saturday ...