The Liberty County Commissioners Court held a special-called meeting on Monday, April 14, to address several matters ...

Why are incarcerated people dying from lack of food or water, even as private companies are paid millions for their care?

For 13 years, the expansion for the Butte County jail has been slowly coming to fruition and is finally on track to be ...

BELLEVILLE - The St. Clair County Sheriff's Department has initiated an investigation into the death of a 38-year-old male ...

Illinois State Police are investigating the death of a detainee at the St. Clair County Jail in Belleville. Sheriff’s ...

People with mental illnesses are far likelier to be victims than to commit crimes. But a small number of unprovoked, midday ...

About 100 people a day are held in county detention centers throughout the state while they await transfer to a state ...

Daniel Mitchell, 42, pleaded guilty Dec. 23 to conspiring to violate the civil rights of an inmate only referred to in court ...

As Montana lawmakers consider how much to reimburse county jails for holding inmates waiting for a bed at the Montana State ...

Jackson Maes, 27, died by suicide alone in his cell and no deputy checked on him for more than eight hours, his mother ...

At a recent Great Falls City Commission Work Session, Judge Steve Bolstad made statements towards the Cascade County Jail booking project, raising concern to reductions in inmate intakes and ...

The Johnson County Board of Supervisors and the Iowa City Council are working to study the feasibility of constructing a ...