I was relieved because I was like ‘ok he’s in jail now, he’s going to be ok, he’s safe.’ But I guess I was wrong,” Thelma said. “ The jail did not protect him. He was not safe in jail.” ...

A former correction officer at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Westchester will now see the other side of a prison cell ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) plans to veto a bill that would prevent the state’s prison system from collaborating with ...

A former Orange County sheriff’s deputy broke the law when he poured scalding water on the arm of a mentally ill defendant to ...

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

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The Shelby County Jail is aging, has failing infrastructure and is overcrowded. The sheriff's office allowed reporters inside ...

An inmate at the Henry County Adult Detention Center has filed suit against the jail, Sheriff Wayne Davis, and three deputies for being kept isolated in solitary confinement for nearly 16 months.

Minneapolis defense attorney Sarah Gad denied smuggling drugs into Hennepin County Jail after authorities found drug residue ...

Among the approximately 400 inmates transferred when Illinois' decrepit Stateville prison closed over the summer, 278 were ...