More than two dozen Alameda County residents on May 16 again called for the Board of Supervisors to forego renewing its contract with the for-profit company Wellpath, a ...

New York’s Suffolk County has agreed to end a 14-year court battle and shell out $18 million to former inmates who said they ...

Jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Jackson, Mississippi, don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when ...

Cuyahoga County's new jail will provide “fresh air and natural light," officials say. It is expected to open in late 2008 or ...