Three Bibb County Jail workers are facing felony charges after authorities say one of them had sex with an inmate and all ...

Scott County Jail workers allowed a woman in mental distress to repeatedly bang her head against cell walls without ...

One man died and another is hospitalized with critical injuries after an incident at the Jackson County Detention Center ...

House Bill 556 would reimburse counties more money for housing state inmates in their jails.

Rasaan Eason, 22, of Kansas City, was identified as the Jackson County inmate that died Saturday after ingesting an ‘unknown ...

An inmate at Etowah County Detention Center died after a medical emergency, with no foul play suspected, as independent ...

Authorities arrested a man following an investigation into contraband inside the Cayuga County Jail. Joseph M. Montesano, 29, ...

An inmate in the Hennepin County Adult Correctional Facility has been charged in connection with a fatal shooting last year.

Growing Rutherford County will replace an aging, overcrowded jail through a $300 million project by 2030, project consultant Bart Kline said.

Lawrence Bohnenkamp, 46, of Iowa City, is the inmate at the Johnson County Jail that died Wednesday, the sheriff's office announced Thursday.Police say they fou ...

A state police investigation determined the death of a 46-year-old Snyder County inmate in Clinton County Prison on Nov. 17 was a suicide.

Christon Collins took drugs in the jail, then fell and hit his head before being dragged into his cell by other inmates.