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 ...

In court records, a Nebraska State Patrol Investigator described a chaotic scene and guards coming to each other's defense against the inmates, armed with a shiv and a shank.

A 36-year-old Alliance man just released from jail died after being hit by a car while he was crossing U.S. Route 62 in ...

Strong condemnation of the company and the care it provides has been documented nationally in various lawsuits, statements ...

Suffolk County has agreed to an $18 million settlement with inmates at the county's jails over allegations of unsanitary ...

Culley, 18, from Teesside faces life in prison after she was detained in Georgia on drugs charges after she was reported as ...

The lawsuit alleged that administration and staff at the Atlantic County Jail don't do enough to protect vulnerable inmates ...

Los Angeles County officials will launch an investigation into the soaring rate of deaths among people incarcerated in Los ...

This week’s report about yet another death at a county jail run by the Sheriff’s Department was painfully familiar in its ...

11:20 p.m. - Deputies assisted Yankton County Sheriff and Highway Patrol units with a vehicle pursuit on Highway 50 from Yankton County into Clay County. The vehicle was stopped with tire spikes near ...