A rise in intakes at the county jail has been accompanied by some quick release times from the facility, data shows.

Private prison company CoreCivic sold two California properties to the Department of Homeland Security. It will continue ...

Adopting the Government’s interpretation would pose grave constitutional problems because there is little justification … for detaining every one of the millions of unadmitted noncitizens.” ...

The Osage County Sheriff's Office says the new system is designed to improve jail security by reducing contraband while offering families a faster way to communicate with inmates.

Few concrete answers are known yet as to how an inmate takeover and hostage situation transpired on Monday at a jail in eastern North Carolina. In its update on Tuesday, the ...

A federal lawsuit alleges Lane County jail staff ignored clear suicide risks leading to Patrick McAllister's death.

The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office says it’s investigating an apparent suicide of an inmate.

Records show that 90 inmates at the Clark County Detention Center in Las Vegas have died in the past 12 years. Nine were ...

Advocates and local outlets have repeatedly highlighted violence and fatalities at the Clayton County facility in recent ...

The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office, Georgia Bureau of Investigation and Clayton County Medical Examiner’s Office are ...

The Clayton County Sheriff’s Office says it is investigating the apparent suicide of an inmate in its jail. The incident ...

The 39-year-old from Eastport was unresponsive in a cell and could not be resuscitated, the Penobscot County Sheriff’s Office ...