For the first time, the mother of a man found dead in the Jefferson County Bessemer Jail is speaking out. The Jefferson ...

Three Houston residents have been found guilty of participating in a scheme to fraudulently secure the release of Harris County inmates using falsified bail bond documents.

The Florida Justice Institute, a Miami-based nonprofit that advocates for incarcerated, homeless, and disabled people, filed the lawsuit last year aiming to protect prisoners at the Dade Correctional ...

CONROE, Texas – Multiple agencies are investigating after an inmate died at the Montgomery County Jail on Tuesday. The ...

Though commissioners recognized the county jail's improvements and efforts to reduce the total inmate population, its ...

After months of discussion, the Beltrami County Board has voted to demolish the current jail facility in downtown Bemidji once the new jail is completed in the city’s industrial park. The Board of ...

Graphic details and images surrounding a Houston man's 2022 in-custody death at a private Louisiana jail were revealed last week in newly-filed federal court documents that allege a pattern of ...

A now-former Delaware County jailer is charged with sexual battery, accused of having an intimate relationship with an inmate. The former assistant jail administrator is also charged, accused of ...

The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit by the city of Birmingham against Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway, upholding that the Jefferson County Jail is not legally ...

As early voting is under way, experts are raising concerns that a Texas constitutional amendment that would change bail laws could increase the strain on an overcrowded Harris County Jail and ...

Two inmates in Ohio pulled off a wild jailbreak by climbing out a window and stealing a pedal boat to cross into Kentucky. One was quickly recaptured, but the otheran accused hitmanevaded police for ...

With early voting underway, Gov. Greg Abbott has been crisscrossing the state encouraging Texans to vote. At a GOTV event in Cypress, a suburb north of Houston, he vowed to turn Harris County “dark ...