The repairs, which consultants estimate could be done within the year, do not address any of the space needs of the jail and ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last week that President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had agreed to accept deportees from the U.S. convicted of crimes, and also offered to house incarcerated ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee city agreed Thursday to pay $28 million to settle a lawsuit that said police deliberately ...

The outcome of the appeal, brought by GEO Group, could set important legal precedent on wages for detainees who work in ...

The Shelby County Jail is aging, has failing infrastructure and is overcrowded. The sheriff's office allowed reporters inside Feb. 11.

After several meetings since June on the possibilities for a new jail, the Fond du Lac County Jail Ad Hoc Committee released ...

HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) — A Texas man who killed his strip club manager and another man, then later prompted a massive lockdown of the state prison system when he used a cellphone smuggled onto death ...

When the Illinois Department of Corrections shut down the century-old Stateville Correctional Center in September, officials ...

Locals living near a picturesque marina are outraged after charming plant-adorned walls were replaced with stark ...

Mississippi Valley Publishing Managing Editor Robin Delaney, whose last day at the Democrat is Friday, works at her computer, ...

That difficulty was part of the reason Louisiana lawmakers legalized the use of nitrogen gas and the electric chair as ...

Governor of Shelton Abbey open prison says its focus is to rehabilitate inmates and help them prepare to re-enter society, ...