The agreement resolves claims that the county kept people jailed days or weeks past their release dates.

SMITH COUNTY, Texas (KETK)– A civil lawsuit filed against Smith County in 2023 was settled on Thursday after more than 100 ...

“We looked into how commonly this happened and found out this was happening to over 100 people in Smith County,” attorney ...

Two inmates facing charges that include murder have escaped from a Georgia jail. Ricky Martin and Kentravious Holmes were detained at the Sumter County Jail in Americus, Georgia.

Three Alabama prison inmates featured in an Oscar-nominated documentary have filed a federal lawsuit alleging their abrupt ...

Clark County has agreed to pay $400,000 to settle a federal civil rights lawsuit filed by a former jail inmate who alleged deputies used excessive force when they attached a tether to his handcuffs an ...

Mayor Jerry Demings says Orange County Corrections has adopted measures to reduce the jail's daily population of ICE ...

A federal judge in Tyler approved a $1.5 million class-action settlement against Smith County regarding an allegation the county jail held 102 formerly incarcerated individuals beyond their scheduled ...

Smith County settled for $1.5 million with over 100 former inmates who claim they were over-detained due to unlawful county ...

The attorney's office said 28-year-old Matthew Carey, of Grove City, was sentenced to 46 months in prison.

Monroe County officials are facing pressure to resolve longstanding alleged constitutional rights violations at the county ...

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 ...