Plans to reopen Jail North for juvenile offenders are on hold as Mecklenburg County leaders shift focus to a growing ...

Some advocates say the new plan to not accept certain misdemeanor bookings into the Fulton County Jail is a good first step.

The Fulton County Sheriff's Office is implementing new procedures for processing misdemeanor arrests in response to ...

A Clark County Sheriff's deputy steps over female inmates sleeping on the floor of an over crowded cell block Thursday. Bill Lackey/Staff READ THE FULL MONTGOMERY COUNTY 2016 JAIL INSPECTION HERE READ ...

Some people are sleeping on "Stack-A-Bunks" on the floor after Gov. Josh Stein signed the bill into law late last year.

In 1860, Dr. William Sneed, who had been the chief surgeon at Kentucky’s penitentiary, warned of any “effort to make the ...

The Polis administration is asking for hundreds of millions of dollars to expand the state’s prison system, just as Colorado’s legislators are bracing for a worsening fiscal outlook. The request sets ...

The Polis administration is asking for hundreds of millions of dollars to expand the state’s prison system, just as Colorado’s legislators are bracing for a worsening fiscal outlook. The request sets ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal court in Alabama denied summary judgment to Tuscaloosa County on a state-law claim for the wrongful death of a man sentenced to 30 days in jail on allegations that ...

Correctional Services says prison overcrowding remains driven by pressures in the criminal justice system, with thousands of ...