Mayor Joe Ganim says the level 4 high-security lockup has a long history of generating complaints about poor inmate ...

BRIDGEPORT — The state Department of Correction will close an aging building within the Bridgeport Correctional Center as the incarcerated population in the state continues to decline.

BRIDGEPORT — A New Haven man officials said was found unresponsive in his cell at the Bridgeport Correctional Center on Sunday, died from strangulation, according to the autopsy report.

The state Inspector General has closed an investigation into the death of a Bridgeport Correctional Center inmate in May 2024, citing the fact that the victim's cellmate has been charged in the ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (WTNH) — A correctional officer was assaulted by an incarcerated person on Wednesday at the Bridgeport Correctional Center, according to the Connecticut Department of Corrections.

New Haven's state delegation recently introduced a bill to seek a state-funded study to explore the feasibility of relocating the facility and the Bridgeport Correctional Center, which is ...

A correctional officer was assaulted by an inmate while working at the Bridgeport Correctional Center on Wednesday. The Department of Correction said the inmate physically assaulted a correctional ...

State police say it happened on Sunday. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has ruled it a homicide. The cause of death for the inmate was compression of neck, according to officials. The ...

An inmate was charged with murdering his cellmate at the Bridgeport Correctional Center, according to the Office of the Inspector General. A warrant was issued for Cecil J. Mills, the inspector ...

A medical exam area in the Bridgeport Correctional Center. Inmate health workers say they are logging a significant amount of overtime. Credit: Photo courtesy of the CT Department of Correction A ...

On July 30 around 10 p.m., Bridgeport Correctional Center contacted Westport police saying they were releasing an inmate who had an active warrant in Westport, police said. Westport officers then ...