Counties are jailing mental health patients they’re not equipped to handle when the Montana State Hospital is at capacity.

Current policy is unconstitutional, court rules Current policy which bars prisoners from using personal computers in their cells to study is unconstitutional, the Constitutional Court has ruled. In a ...

The city of Napa has reached a $1 million settlement with the parents of Jeremy Vellenoweth, who was shot and killed by a ...

Crowded detention facilities defined Trump’s first term in office. These facilities could define his second as well.

This article was published in partnership with The Marshall Project, a nonprofit news organization covering the U.S. criminal ...

Two inmates have been charged in connection with the assault of Romario Justin Casey at the Bibb County Jail. Charges include aggravated assault and aggravated battery.

The Oklahoma County Detention Center had two jail deaths only 24 hours apart, one was after a fight, and the other was still under investigation.

Other detainees have alleged difficulty reaching their lawyers, unsanitary conditions, inadequate medical care, and abusive ...

The man had no experience in IT, but let overseas workers use his driver’s license and U.S. passport to get jobs in tech.

As President Donald J. Trump sought to make good on his campaign pledge of mass arrests and removals of migrants, Krome, the ...

Two Hardeeville men face arson charges following the Sept. 21 fire at the Jasper County Detention Center which left several ...