An inmate at Lancaster County Prison was pronounced dead after he was found unresponsive by a corrections officer on Tuesday, April 15. The Lancaster County ...

The county levy rate will remain unchanged for the upcoming fiscal year, but county officials are worried about increasing jail bills. The Wood County Commission held a special meeting Tuesday to set ...

Overtime costs have ballooned at the L.A. County Sheriff's Department. Last year, deputies worked more than 4.3 million hours ...

Four people tied to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office committed suicide recently, calling attention to ongoing mental health ...

Houghton County’s need for a larger, modern jail facility that is compliant with Michigan Department of Corrections standards is not going away, it’s getting more expensive. A Tuesday public ...

Not having enough corrections officers at state prisons is affecting local county jails. “They need to correct this problem.

The Charleston County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council's 2024 annual report found the most frequently booked charge ...

Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

A convicted rapist spray-painted swastikas in Ventura, then documented the hate crimes on social media to sow fear, police say.

With questions surrounding a possible new men’s prison, the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office outlines what numbers it saw in ...

In 2020, Jose Fernandez broke out of the Pima County minimum security jail. 13 News did a series about the jail break, which included video of the escape. He was later arrested and sentenced for the ...

A Shelby County Jail inmate, Courtney Berry, was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead on Sunday. Berry's death marks at least the fifth inmate death at the overcrowded facility this year.