The lawsuit, filed March 17 in federal court against the Nevada Department of Corrections and a number of other plaintiffs, ...

They’re 18 years and two time zones apart. But repeat mix-ups by law enforcement in San Diego County have had serious ...

It’s bad enough that correction officers must guard against threats from criminal forces inside prison, but as several incidents have demonstrated, they also face safety concerns that ...

A death row inmate in Florida is asking for mercy due to his “morbid” obesity. Michael Tanzi, 48, wants “leniency” for his ...

San Benito County Sheriff Eric Taylor says an investigation into the county jailbreak last year has been fully concluded.

Following an investigation by Mississippi Today and The New York Times, State Auditor Shad White initiated an investigation ...

State Auditor Shad White has opened an investigation into Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey. This follows reports that jail inmates worked on his family farm, using ...

A jail captain resigned after an internal investigation discovered an unreported relationship between an inmate and a ...

A former correctional officer has been arrested and charged in connection to the sexual assault of a girl at Bon Air Juvenile Correctional Center last year.

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge cleared the way Thursday for Luigi Mangione to get a laptop behind bars — if his jailers agree — so he can examine documents and other material in the UnitedHealthcare CEO ...

Cameras in the jail confirmed that the detention officer performed a sight check one hour before she was found unresponsive, ...

DECATUR — Tyrone J. Johnson Jr., the Decatur man whose angry assault got him locked back up in the Macon County Jail less ...