The state Bond Commission discussed and approved a $15 million limited tax bonds request from the Orleans Parish Law ...

When Laramie County Sheriff Brian Kozak took office in 2022, he said one of his friend’s sons was in custody at the jail.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The man charged with killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, is due back in federal court Thursday for ...

The man charged with killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding a state senator and ...

Critics say the jail’s cage-like enclosures constitute a form of solitary confinement that exacerbates mental illness and makes the jail less safe overall.

News Crime and Public Safety Delaware County prison inmate charged with fashioning door hardware into shank The George W. Hill Correctional Facility in Thornbury.

State Police said they charged a 19-year-old from Argyle with trespass after they found him stuck in a cell at the former Downstate Correctional Facility.

What it means to be a good dad — from inside a prison cell This Father’s Day, listen to “Prisoncast” on WBEZ to hear stories of moms, dads and children working to love each other across ...

Sac County sheriff's deputies subdued an inmate who stripped in his cell before climbing through the 14-by-8 food pass-through door at mealtime and chasing the jailer.

For many of them — particularly those battling substance use disorders or mental illness — that jail cell is more than just a loss of freedom. It often comes with the loss of health care coverage.

A family from southwestern Africa that was living in Washington state while seeking asylum said they were detained by immigration officials for nearly a month in a windowless cell. The family had ...

The failure to investigate the Orleans Parish Correctional Facility as a crime scene by Sheriff Susan Hutson could harm prosecutors in the case, an ex-FBI agent says.