When an incarcerated person is released from prison, just getting a state ID can be a hurdle that hinders them from ...

As Pueblo County gets set to open its new 672-bed county jail, a ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on May 7 to celebrate the ...

Inmates in federal prison want to know when they get to go home. This has become a complicated question leading to ...

Sheriff Susan Hutson was charged in a 30-count indictment brought forth by Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill in ...

DAYTONA BEACH — It had been a routine day for Correctional Officer Paul Lane at Tomoka Correctional Institution and at 2:30 a.m., same as every day, he had to wake the inmates who cooked for the rest ...

Okfuskee County Sheriff Logan Manshack announced his resignation effective May 8 following a recent jail escape, citing ...

The Pittsburgh Planning Commission voted 4-2 against recommending city council approval for a proposed transitional housing ...

Decades ago, South Carolina shifted patients from psychiatric hospitals to community treatment. The move has done little to improve their fate as lawmakers shortchanged them on resources. And jails ...

A legal maneuver once reserved for death row inmates and suspected terrorists has become the only recourse for immigrant detainees, who have flooded federal courts in California with thousands of ...

A fight between cellmates leads to aggravated assault and maiming charges ...