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

Runnels County would be added to at least four other counties inmates are being sent to, with 41 people currently housed ...

"Fulton County Jail fails to adequately protect incarcerated people from the substantial risk of serious harm from violence, ...

The report follows a federal investigation to assess conditions in Fulton County jails, focusing on detainees' living ...

The U.S. Department of Justice says dangerous, unsanitary and deadly conditions at the troubled Fulton County jail violate ...

Sussex Police has confirmed 32 prisoners have been released across Sussex under the Early Release Scheme. Another 178 people ...

U.S. Justice Department officials said jail officials in Georgia’s most populous county violate the constitutional rights of ...

The Johnson County sheriff is renewing his push for a new county jail as the current building suffered more water damage from ...

An order from the Minnesota Department of Corrections says the inmate population needs to be lowered to under 600.

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

The family of Lucas Bellamy — a man who died while in custody at the Hennepin County Jail two years ago — has won a $3.4 ...