The sheriff's office, bail reform advocates and public defenders all had different explanations for why the overcrowding had ...

A 51-year-old Elk River man is accused of firing shots at the Sherburne County Government Center, gaining entry and being ...

City leaders are sounding the alarm about overcrowding at the Shelby County Jail, and so are people who have loved ones ...

Radar technology developed for space is being tested in Oklahoma County Jail to monitor inmates' health and prevent fatalities. The system alerts staff of distress like overdoses or fights.

As Sarasota County grapples with a burgeoning jail population, debating a $700 million expansion, programs seek to curb ...

People taken into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody across southwest Ohio often end up housed at the Butler County Jail. Under a contract with the county signed in February, U.S.

In Cuyahoga County, a jail death triggers mandatory investigations. Here’s what all Ohio sheriffs are supposed to do, and how ...

The Montgomery City Council held a special meeting about the deteriorating conditions in the Old City Jail. To get kids ready ...

U.S. Sens. Ossoff and Warnock, both Democrats, asked Bondi and the DOJ to investigate whether the civil rights of inmates and ...

Capitol security found a man inside the Minnesota Senate chamber late Friday night after the building was closed to the ...

FHP arrested the 23-year-old Venezuelan man on multiple charges Wednesday in Orlando after leading troopers on a pursuit that ...

An inmate started a fire inside the Bibb County Jail Thursday afternoon, according to the Bibb County Sheriff’s Office, which ...