A former corrections officer learned his prison sentence for a sexual battery conviction, according to our media partners ...

Maricopa County Sheriff Sheridan announced jail employees would no longer be scanned for contraband or drugs, saying: “We hire the best employees on the planet, and I trust every single one of them.” ...

An inmate at the Henry County Adult Detention Center has filed suit against the jail, Sheriff Wayne Davis, and three deputies for being kept isolated in solitary confinement for nearly 16 months.

A former Hamilton County corrections officer has been sentenced after being found guilty of having sex with an inmate.