Two inmates and one staff member were hospitalized Saturday following a fire inside the Denver Women's Correctional Facility.

In a maximum-security facility in upstate New York, students tackled Samuel Richardson’s “Clarissa” and Tolstoy’s “War and ...

New policies, individualized treatment plans, and added mental health staff are among some of the changes at the DuPage County jail since a 50-year-old woman was found unresponsive in her cell in ...

Chicago’s public defenders are among the best-resourced in Illinois, but even there, massive case loads have attorneys and investigators stretched paper-thin. The Cook County Jail has swelled under ...

A Eureka man convicted of operating a psilocybin mushroom grow operation in his home is headed to a Montana Department of Corrections facility following sentencing last week in Lincoln County District ...

The Cook County Criminal Justice Dashboard provides a new way for residents to access local criminal justice data ...

POUGHKEEPSIE — In 2020, Dutchess County and Poughkeepsie leaders announced a vision for an elaborate community center in the ...

It sounds like an episode of "The Andy Griffith Show," but when an inmate took a flip-flip to a sprinkler in the OK County ...

Known for overcrowding and violence, Cook County Jail has a reputation few facilities can match. This video explores the inner workings of this infamous complex.

After a decline following statewide bail reform — and years of reductions prior to that — the county’s jail population has begun to tick up once again.

CHICAGO — Now in its second decade, the Cook County Jail chess program is thriving, competing internationally and above all — it’s working. WGN News spent time at the jail to learn about the ...