Like local jails nationwide, Montana's small holding facilities have become institutions of last resort as patients in mental ...

Chautauqua County’s attorneys want a mother’s lawsuit over the death of her son in the Chautauqua County Jail to be heard in federal court. Antoinette Scott of Gowanda filed a wrongful death lawsuit ...

USA TODAY's initial analysis of previously secret records shows how numbers of in-custody overdoses, murders and suicides ...

A 55-year-old man was found hanging in his cell at the Spokane County Jail last week. Jail staff found the man in the cell at 4:58 p.m. and immediately started first aid, Spokane County spokesperson ...

BOTETOURT COUNTY, Va. (WSET) — Another inmate at the Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail was found dead in their cell Tuesday, ...

An inmate at the Botetourt-Craig Regional Jail was discovered hanging from a vent in his cell Tuesday in what was the second ...

The State Bar of Texas has rescinded a speaking invitation to the NAACP’s president after the civil rights group challenged ...

The Justice Department has charged an alleged high-ranking member of Tren de Aragua in Colombia with terrorism offenses.

Riverside County jails are plagued with some of the nation's highest murder rates and repeated security failures, an ...