BELMONT COUNTY, OH (WTRF) – A jail inmate allegedly punches two correctional officers. Sheriff James Zusack says it happened at 11 p.m. Monday, at a time when inmates are taken from the dayroom, back ...

The Berks County Prison Board on Wednesday defended its decision to amend a policy last year to increase the amount of time the county will detain someone based on a request from U.S. Immigration and ...

Muscatine County has agreed to pay $85,000 to settle claims that it discriminated against a former jail administrator due to ...

The family of a man who was stabbed to death in Salinas Valley State Prison has filed a civil rights lawsuit alleging negligence by the prison's guards, they said at a press conference held ...

Los Angeles will restart the process to potentially ban the development of private detention centers for unaccompanied minors ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman accepted the Republican nomination for governor of New York, delivering a sweeping indictment of Kathy Hochul’s record and pledging to fix Hochul’s affordability ...

House District 55 includes Union and Anson Counties. The Union County portion of House District 55 runs from Monroe to Anson ...

Facing a pending lawsuit from the California Attorney General's office over dire conditions in the jail system, officials at ...

Harris County commissioners want proposals brought to them ahead of the next budget cycle to address the jail's mental health ...

A judge ruled that the Trump administration’s plan to send the men to the nation’s harshest prison rendered their attempts to ...

A federal judge also required an external monitor be appointed to ensure compliance, including through review of medical ...