A former Scott County Jail nurse was investigated for selling contraband to inmates, according to officials with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation.

JEFFERSON, Texas — A Jefferson County correctional officer sergeant was indicted this week on charges of official oppression ...

Constructed in 1999, the Runnels County Jail has seen decades of wear. County Judge Julia Miller expressed that repairs and ...

The Boone County Sheriff's Office reported that an inmate was found dead in a cell in their jail.A release from the sheriff’s ...

Sarasota County's jail has been overpopulated for 20 years. Now, local criminal justice officials are raising the alarm that ...

Torres: Tears, milk, steak, family and a cat named "Teddy" give the newly-freed Jeff Abramowski a day to remember.

Faggart’s death must be fired, indicted and convicted. “This isn’t the first time the Duval County Jail and its treatment of inmates by correctional officers have been subject to widespread ...

Montgomery County is addressing jail overcrowding by transferring up to 45 prisoners to Waller County Jail at a cost of $75 per prisoner per day. Sheriff Wesley Doolittle is considering releasing ...

FREMONT, Ohio (WTVG) - Inmates and deputies are working together to change the culture of the Sandusky County Jail and its programming. “We are good people, we just made a bad decision,” said ...

and poses serious liabilities for the county. Among the main issues with the current jail, built in 1962-63, which can house up to 28 inmates, is now too small. A 2010 millage for a $15 million ...