St. Louis is still prosecuting someone who warned about, and tried to explore, poor conditions at the city jail. Why?

A 41-year-old man has been convicted of stabbing two people to death in Darke County and will spend the next 30 years in jail ...

Like the border wall, building a detention center for migrants in Guantanamo Bay is nothing new. The scale, though, is frighteningly new.

Gaps in materials disclosed by sheriff’s officials under SB 519 raise questions about whether the law is being interpreted as ...

Bernalillo County's juvenile detention center is facing maximum capacity. Tara Marcantel, the director of the Bernalillo County Youth Service Center, said 68 out of 78 beds are filled. District ...

Years of issues at the Raymond Detention Center led to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors deciding it's time to build something new.

The Trump administration aims to lower its existing detention standards to encourage more U.S. sheriffs to provide jail space ...

Wayne Pletcher, 37, was able to escape the jail at 5:09 p.m., according to the sheriff's office. COLUMBUS, Ohio — The ...

A corrections officer with the Utah County Jail was charged Wednesday with having illegal sexual relations with two women he ...

The Virginia Beach Sheriff's Office has announced changes to its jail policies following the death of Rolin Hill.

Richland County deputies are investigating an inmate assault at Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center that left one person hospitalized with a head injury.

A Seattle mother is in jail on suspicion of murder after telling police she cut and beat her teenage son until he died.