Jails across the country are stretched thin due to staffing shortages, the opioid crisis, COVID and other factors.

Georgia officials violated the rights of people in an overcrowded jail plagued by killings and inhumane conditions, a Justice ...

The Columbiana County Sheriff’s Office posted about it on its Facebook page Friday night. The office is asking people not to give money to anyone calling and claiming to be a sheriff’s deputy. The ...

The city contracted with the county for jail space after closing its own jail. Trouble ensued, but now they are pairing up ...

WISCONSIN RAPIDS − The Wood County Sheriff's Office therapy dog is turning 1 year old, and on Friday the department threw ...

The Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, where a mentally ill man infested with lice died in 2022 from neglect, systematically ...

Former Bakersfield police officer Ricardo Robles appeared in court for sentencing after pleading no contest to vehicular ...

Prosecutors say Combs has made jail calls asking family members to reach out to potential victims and witnesses and has urged ...

It didn't take much time for him to realize the conditions were not just unfavorable -- but down right dangerous.

The Dane County Sheriff’s Office is facing backlash on social media after a video showed a female driver being forcibly ...

A 28-year-old suspect has been charged with first-degree murder and use of a firearm in the commission of a felony after a ...

The county reported its highest detainee death count in decades, including multiple suicides that reveal deep institutional ...