The city of Sheffield has approved a building code variance that will allow the new Colbert County Jail to have more prefabricated steel cells.

Aramark, a competing bidder, successfully challenged the Department of Corrections’ $74 million deal with the Trinity ...

Under pressure from jail officials and mental health advocates, Minnesota lawmakers will spend $75 million over the next two years to get individuals suffering from mental illnesses out of jails and ...

A crime watchdog says New Orleans City Council President J.P. Morrell’s video showing what he claims are jail keys raises ...

Famous activist “Billboard Chris” was arrested in Brussels, Belgium, while holding signs voicing his opposition to “gender-affirming care” for children. Chris Elston, who goes by “Billboard Chris” […] ...

Girard - An Ohio man chose to wear a sign proclaiming he's a thief rather than go to jail after stealing a television. Greg Davenport pleaded no contest this month to a theft charge for stealing from ...

The Post and Courier also reviewed other documents — including a police incident report and Bell's jail booking records — that indicated potential signs missed or not communicated by North ...

A Louisiana jail inmate who escaped from a parish jail about a year ago has accomplished the same feat again, authorities said. Tra’Von Johnson, 19, made his latest escape Thursday from the ...

Jails built in the last century often have few windows and little room for recreation and natural light, making them “obsolete” by today’s design standards, according to Kenneth Ricci, prison and jail ...

An Orleans Parish jail employee who was arrested Monday and accused of helping 10 inmates escape the facility was identified as 33-year-old Sterling Williams. Williams was booked in Plaquemines ...