A Jail Experiment opened by testing inmate self-governance at Pinal County Jail, where racial politics and power struggles ...

What if the jail in your community had an outsized death rate, but no one knew? For decades, communities across the country have faced that quandary. The Justice Department collects jail death data, ...

Olympia Police Chief Rich Allen told the City Council on Tuesday, Feb. 7, he plans to permanently close the municipal jail, which is used to house misdemeanor offenders, and lay off the 10 ...

A federal judge said he would sentence a man to house arrest instead of jail time if the Federal Bureau of Prisons sent him to the long-troubled Metropolitan Detention Center. By Shayla Colon A ...

Trump's mug shot was made public shortly after he left the jail. His former chief of staff Mark Meadows, former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and others have also surrendered. Live coverage of ...

Suspected U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents rushed into a secure portion of the San Luis Obispo County Jail to grab an inmate on Sunday — and jail staff intervened, witnesses say. While ...

One of two remaining co-defendants in Georgia's longest-running criminal trial was stabbed in jail, his lawyer said Monday morning, as jurors resumed deliberations in the sprawling racketeering case ...

A federal judge has ordered a January 6 defendant to be released from the DC jail after an unannounced inspection by US Marshals last month showed mistreatment of detainees and increased the judge’s ...

Holly Barlow-Austin died after medical neglect in jail in Texas, according to her family’s lawsuit. Erik Heipt A woman was in dire need of help and hospitalization while in a “medical observation” ...

A University of Iowa survey found that roughly 74% of Johnson County residents polled support construction of a new jail. The proposed $106 million facility would house the Johnson County Sheriff's ...

The 233 people being held at the Metropolitan Correctional Center will be moved, at least temporarily, while officials address conditions there. By Benjamin Weiser Conditions at a high-security ...

None of the ICE detainees held at the jail were arrested by ICE in Brown County. The Brown County Jail's contract to house federal inmates was updated in April to include ICE detainees. Brown County ...