Sheriff Gerald Sticker says the new $250,000 X-ray scanner is part of a security overhaul in his first year on the job.

Signs of squalor are everywhere: inmates sleeping on floors, rotting food, piles of trash, inoperable toilets, broken pipes, lack of hygiene supplies. But political paralysis remains.

PASCO COUNTY, Fla. — In the need for some outdoor furniture? You may be able to find some in an unlikely place: the Pasco County Jail. The sounds of saws and sanders are not the typical sounds ...

In short: According to figures shown in state parliament, many prisoners have been held in conditions where four inmates have been in one cell — the worst being Acacia Prison.

A group of activists on Tuesday announced the formation of a new immigrant rights coalition for the region following two ...

Rights activists in Iran fear intensified crackdowns following Israel's military campaign targeting Iran's nuclear program.

A Lake County judge granted a bond Friday, June 6, 2025 for suspended Osceola County Sheriff Marcos Lopez during his first appeance which was held via Zoom at the Lake County Jail.

Some prisoners at Lancaster County Prison refused to eat earlier this week to protest conditions inside their housing unit ...

The Old Joliet Prison was open for nearly 150 years and has been closed for more than 20. A section of the prison that has been off limits will open to the public later this month, but not as part ...

Deputies also found a “super duty size” ZipLoc bag of cigarettes, a bag with a white substance the size of a gold ball, ...

Rights activists in Iran fear intensified crackdowns following Israel's air campaign targeting Iran's nuclear program. On June 23, Israeli missiles struck Evin Prison, known for housing ...