Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat has consistently raised concerns about overcrowding, dilapidated infrastructure and staffing ...

The Nez Perce County Prosecutor’s Office will be seeking the death penalty against Nicholas D. Umphenour after he had his ...

In the 365-day-a-year circus that is the NRL, off-field player indiscretions are a weekly attraction. It’s what keeps the rugby league show going when the final siren has sounded and all sensible ...

The plan would also include restarting the policy of detaining parents with their children, known as family detention, which immigration advocates have criticized.

Following years of discussions, Kansas City has reached an agreement to buy land for a new city jail to be built on the same ...

The Minnesota Department of Corrections (DOC) has granted an extension to Hennepin County to reduce its jail inmate ...

In an Oct. 31 report, the Minnesota Department of Corrections says the jail has too few staff for the number of people housed there and blamed the poor staffing levels for a spate of recent inmate ...

A second person has been charged for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from an inmate and using it to gamble.Tina Curry was charged Wednesday with theft and receiving stolen property. Police ...

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

If convicted of the exploitation allegation, Remlinger faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in prison up to a maximum penalty of 30 years, a lifetime of supervised release, restitution, ...

For the fourth time, the Office of the Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System called for Nebraska prisons to ...

Child, 4 months old when assaulted by Camren Breton, suffers blindness, seizures and other lifelong disabilities.