FLORENCE — A man was found dead Monday morning at the United States Penitentiary (USP) Florence, according to the Department of Justice (DOJ). The DOJ says 43-year-old Theodore Clifton Matthews ...

Warden J.W. French of the first and only United States penitentiary, that which was opened at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., on the abolition of the military prison at that post June 30, 1895, has just ...

Matthews was serving a 17.5-year sentence and had transferred to the United States Penitentiary in Florence in July 2024, the release stated. He was scheduled to be released in December 2026, ...