A potential uprising in the Milwaukee County Jail in mid-February, reportedly sparked by conditions in the facility, was quelled by guards before it occurred, according to Milwaukee County Sheriff ...

A 32-year-old emaciated man, weighing just 68 pounds at 5-foot-9, was allegedly held captive by his stepmother in a Waterbury residence in conditions described by police as ...

Bipartisan momentum continued Thursday for a bill that seeks to hold Indiana sheriffs more accountable for managing jail ...

Milwaukee County Sheriff Denita Ball held a town hall Thursday in response to the results of the shocking jail audit released last November. Ball brought her command staff with her to the town ...

Conditions at the Cleveland County Detention Center surfaced in a hearing Wednesday afternoon at the Cleveland County ...

Activists say an Alabama teenager's incarceration in an adult jail violates federal and state laws that require inmates who ...

Howard County is nearing a decision to hire the construction manager of its new jail. The Howard County Board of ...

Cambria County Prison Capt. Kurt Wolford is set to become the prison's new warden, following in the footsteps of his father, ...

A 41-year-old man died early Friday morning at the Allegheny County Jail while awaiting an initial court appearance, jail officials said. The man, who wasn’t identified, was brought to the jail ...

A federal judge last week dismissed the claims against an Avon police sergeant who transported a suicidal man to the Eagle County jail, as part of a broader lawsuit over the man's death in custody.

A South Korean court on Friday ordered impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol to be released from jail, a move that would allow ...

Bipartisan momentum continued Thursday for a bill that seeks to hold Indiana sheriffs more accountable for managing jail ...