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 ...

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

Prison operates as more of a community space. It's ironic that jail is more isolating, given how many people they've got ...

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 ...