Long County leaders say they found a way to pay the bond on their new jail and avoid default. Tuesday night, commissioners ...

At least six detainees have died at the Oklahoma City Detention Center in the past year, with causes of death ranging from ...

Vanessa Murtaugh, ex-chair of Tennessee's Inmate Disciplinary Oversight Board, pleaded guilty to aggravated statutory rape, ...

Two lawsuits claim staff at the Clinton County Jail ignored inmates' medical needs in part because staff take pride in being ...

A woman accused of murdering her father, well-known Virginia Beach dentist Dr. Abbey Horwitz, died by suicide in jail Sunday, according to the Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office.

After a sometimes raucous discussion, the Adams County Board of Supervisors chose a delegation of two supervisors, Adams ...

Amadou (right) and Abu Diop walk into the Aurora ICE Processing Center to visit a relative, who’s been held there since he ...

Dirk Barret Prather, who is jailed on suspicion of murder in the shooting death of a man Tucson police say was staying at his ...

Sheriffs want lawmakers to consider reining in unlimited free phone calls at county jails amid bulging costs and heightened ...

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors and the Iowa City Council are working to study the feasibility of constructing a ...

Decarcerate KC leads a rally opposing the renewal of Kansas City's Public Safety Sales Tax, which will appear on the April 8 ballot.

AT THE POLLS IN THE NAME OF PUBLIC SAFETY. IN FACT, IT’S ONE OF THE OTHER MAJOR ISSUES UP FOR A VOTE IN KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI ...