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 ...

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

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

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 ...

“I most definitely want to see criminal charges,” Brad Mcrae, Thompson’s brother, said. Thompson, who suffered from mental ...

The man shot Wednesday night in Camas by a Clark County sheriff’s deputy was booked Thursday into the Clark County Jail after he was treated for injuries at a local hospital.

The local elected officials bank on you, the voter, being ignorant. It’s how the majority party can turn the county into its ...

A homeless man who was arrested for sexually assaulting at least three women was arrested but released from jail.