Conditions at Atlanta's main prison are "inhumane, violent, and hazardous," a Justice Department official said Thursday ...

A man who fired a gun on University Hill in 2022 before being shot by police accepted a plea deal on Friday and was sentenced ...

Domestic abusers could be freed from jail on electronic tags as little as a quarter of the way through their sentence under ...

The city contracted with the county for jail space after closing its own jail. Trouble ensued, but now they are pairing up ...

"Fulton County Jail fails to adequately protect incarcerated people from the substantial risk of serious harm from violence, ...

A computer expert who stole bitcoin worth billions of dollars at current prices — and then spent years laundering some of the ...

A former West Virginia correctional officer has pleaded guilty to a federal civil rights violation in the death of a man who ...

The Hennepin County Jail has until Thursday afternoon to slash its population size, but the sheriff's office says it needs ...

In jail and prison systems across the country, the population of people with mental health needs has surged in recent decades ...

Derek Nicholas Kwasney was handed a year in jail and a $106,000 fine for failing to pay taxes on money he embezzled from the ...

The Paris prosecutor has asked for a prison sentence of five years and a five-year ban from political office for far-right ...