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 ...

Joseph Paul Adams, 44, of Surry, is expected to plead guilty to numerous charges stemming from the Oct. 5 road rage shooting.

A police officer suffered a dislocated knee as he attempted to get an aggressive Leicester man involved in a crash into a ...

Israel on Thursday released a Palestinian who took part in an attack when he was 13 and developed schizophrenia in prison as requests for early release were ...

Jillian Lauren, author and wife of Weezer bassist Scott Shriner, was shot and injured by Los Angeles police and arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after pointing a gun at ...

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

The South Carolina House has passed a bill requiring hands-free cellphone use while driving. Legislation sponsor Rep. Bill ...

Despite superficially similar biographies, it would be hard to imagine two Oklahomans more different than Matina Davis and ...