As Darnell Cox sat in the Dakota County jail, facing his fifth felony conviction in 10 years, he thought his life was over. He thought back on his 31 years on Earth – 10 years of hard drug use, more ...

According to an affidavit, Johnson on Jan. 8 grabbed a corrections officer in the Delaware County Jail "by the face and tried ...

Twenty people died in 2025 in the Harris County Jail, the state’s largest pre-trial detention system, which has faced years of understaffing, overcrowding and wrongful death lawsuits. The death toll ...

A new civil rights settlement in Pennington County, South Dakota, ends the practice of jailing people who cannot afford daily ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — A new report by the Orange County Corrections Department Research Unit showcasing the county facility's “Average Daily Population with ICE Detainers” found that the number of ...

Joshua Butler, a convicted felon who escaped from Okfuskee County Jail on December 20, was fatally shot by Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers on Wednesday during a traffic stop, igniting concerns over ...

You don’t like it, it’s not your mommy or your daddy fixing your meal. It’s jail. You only get that when you get in trouble,” ...

A Bacon County jailer was recently arrested by state agents after he allegedly had a sexual relationship with an inmate.

MIDDLETON — A transformer at the county jail exploded outside an inmate housing unit, causing a fire that forced the evacuation of 407 inmates around 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The incident occurred outside ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The death of a man found unresponsive Tuesday morning in the Jefferson County Detention Facility is under investigation, sheriff’s officials said. Harvey ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — The girlfriend of one of the three DeKalb County inmates who broke out of jail admitted to letting them stay at her house after their escape, according to arrest warrants. The ...

Detroit — Demolition of the former Wayne County Jail is underway as part of a planned redevelopment of the area east of Greektown into a life sciences district. Crews began razing the former jail, ...