In a better world it would be rather touching, the way that for many years now — for decades — the members of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors have acted as if they were protecting ...

As the Phelps County Jail in Rolla, Missouri, gets used as an ICE holding facility, a group of 50 activists known as Abide in Love are helping immigrant detainees contact their families and ...

Gang members, angry knifemen and twisted paedophiles were among the Devon criminals locked up by the courts in June. James ...

The family of a Hanover man who died at Henrico Jail East allege negligence led to his death. The jail’s doctor disputes the lawsuit's narrative of events.

Antoine Massey was among ten inmates being held at the New Orleans Justice Center when they broke out of jail on May 16, an escape that prompted a manhunt.

Stark County could pay millions less than expected for its massive jail renovation project in Canton. Here's why ...

The jail supervisor “excessively” tased three men who were “compliant and non-threatening,” federal prosecutors said.

Dallas County officials have labeled the jail a state of emergency, and they are looking as far as Miami-Dade County Florida for potential solutions.

Burton is a former jail employee and the girlfriend of Derrick Groves, one of two inmates who is still at large after the escape, the Associated Press reported.

Some people at the jail were not able to meet with psychiatrists for several weeks, leading to delays with getting medications prescribed, a new audit found.

Criticism over Milwaukee County Jail deaths The Milwaukee County Sheriff's Office is firing back at criticism over deaths at the county jail. Some elected officials say there has been a lack of ...

Mayor Adams announced Monday the shuttered jail barge in the South Bronx will be removed with the location being converted to a terminal for off-loading freight from cargo ships.