During his long stay at the Orleans Parish lockup before he escaped last month, detainee Lenton Vanburen had racked up ...

A recent incident at the Sac County Jail highlights the need for a new jail, according to the Sac County Sheriff.

Some elected officials say there has been a lack of transparency and not enough is being done to prevent the deaths.

It’s like a revolving door.” The high suicide rate among jail inmates nationally is commonly ... "We can't keep a guy in the padded cell for weeks on end. And we can't put him in general ...

The day after a contractor repaired 11 cell doors in the Fulton County jail, seven of them had been damaged again and inmates told the contractor they would keep breaking them, the county’s director ...

Hutson said the escapes highlighted the need for more funding to fix jail infrastructure, including the sliding cell doors, an issue she said she’s raised in the past. The facility needs upwards ...

He said, "(Officer Fulner) had every chance to shut the door and he chose not to." We also showed the video to Lenard Vare, a jail ... cell, I could carry some sort of a shield or some sort of a ...

Jail officials say there’s also been an increase in medical training. The county recently invested about $4 million to replace the 36-year-old doors that separate inmates from each other and ...

An investigation is underway into the death of a Montgomery County Jail inmate after two struggles with jail staff and he reportedly rammed his head into a cell door. Officials said Christian ...

Austin in an interview with AL.com, said the rights of people inside the city jail do not end when cell doors slam shut behind ... and the addition of padded cells. The city of Birmingham ...

Maggie Copeland knew she needed help the day she walked into jail. The 29-year-old mother ... banging his head against the walls and door of his cell. He told deputies it was “the only way ...