At a July 15 commissioners court meeting, Chief Deputy Jonathan Zitzmann said the jail is operating at 97.9% capacity, housing 1,289 inmates. According to the presentation, the Texas Commission on ...

Douglas County Sheriff Darren Weekly told Denver7 a backlog of sentenced inmates waiting for a prison bed is putting a strain ...

The Justice Department's Office of the Inspector General found widespread abuse of shackles in federal prisons. One prisoner was held in restraints so tight that he had to have a limb amputated.

Upon emerging from sprawling facility, Democrats and Republicans provided vastly different accounts of what they saw within.

A group of Florida lawmakers arrived at the Alligator Alcatraz on Saturday to tour the detention center holding undocumented ...

ANDERSON — The first cell block pods at the new Madison County Jail are being set in place this week. The pods were built in ...

Jeffrey Epstein's case continues years after his death, with new images of Maxwell in prison and a government memo upholds ...

Charles Morris will receive nearly $1 million to settle multiple lawsuits against the Nevada Department of Corrections ...

A Department of Corrections investigation into allegations against Nicholas T. Alexander concluded Dec. 10. The next day, ...

Nazi comparisons surge in response to aggressive immigrant detention and enforcement policies, as do rebukes that such ...

The massive piece of legislation to which President Donald Trump has just attached his legacy allocates $170 billion for ...

Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Thursday dismissed claims that Kilmar Abrego Garcia was mistreated during his time in El ...