For immigrants who are detained in the Los Angeles region, their first stop is the Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

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

The only person ever convicted in the murder of 10-year-old Zahra Baker will finish up her sentence in North Carolina this ...

The coroner investigating Western Australia’s first recorded death in youth detention says there is significant evidence the teenager’s needs were not met, and indicated he may call for a ...

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.

Three forthcoming education and vocational training buildings by SHL and DLR Group stand to add new amenities at San Quentin, ...

"This building’s architecture tells one story. But its human history tells another— and we need to confront both," said ...

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 ...

The 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail in an escape straight out of Hollywood. Now, one escapee is still on the run more than a month later.

Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz explains the need for a new jail. “There's only really one path forward, and that is to significantly renovate the facility at Alden and build additional ...

Tours of the new museum, its 10 new exhibit rooms and the old jail cells will be offered from 2 to 5 p.m. Refreshments such as hot dogs, popcorn and lemonade will be available for sale. An outdoor ...