Keeping contraband out of correctional facilities can save lives, but a policy intended to do so at the Charleston County ...

The state court ruling reverses the detention order over former Sangamon County ... He is being held in the Macon County Jail ...

A 66-year-old inmate at George Bailey Detention Facility died while he was being treated ... On Nov. 15, the man began to ...

A federal judge has found New York City in contempt over conditions in its city jails. Judge Laura Taylor Swain in Manhattan issued a written ruling on Wednesday, finding the city in contempt over 18 ...

The Allen County commissioners have successfully closed on more than $203 million in revenue bonds for the new jail project, ...

An El Dorado County Sheriff’s Office correctional officer was arrested Friday, Nov. 22, in connection to sexual assault ...

HOUSTON ( KIAH ) — An inmate was found with a loaded gun, hidden in his wheelchair at the Harris County Jail, deputies said.

Hennepin County Sheriff Dewanna Witt is addressing ongoing issues at the Hennepin County jail in the wake of deaths there ...

Harris County Jail officers confiscated a loaded handgun they found inside an inmate's wheelchair seat cushion.

Cuyahoga County Council approved a three-year contract with Summit Food Service to take over providing meals in the county ...

The Wood County Sheriff's Office reported it recently received a 100% passage of the annual jail inspection conducted by the state Bureau of Adult Detention.

A suspect in a Helena-West Helena homicide caused a barricade situation Tuesday as he was being processed in the Phillips ...