Traces of black soot still mark the facade of the Regina Coeli jail, a reminder of the latest riots in Rome's infamous ...

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 ...

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

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

BOISE, Idaho (CBS2) — Nicholas Umphenour, the man accused of helping his co-defendant escape from prison will now face the ...

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

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

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

The Appeal and other news outlets spent years reporting on dangerous conditions inside Atlanta, Georgia's Fulton County Jail.