Mississippi has 37 death row inmates and all but one are men. Richard Gerald Jordan, 79, is the longest-serving death row ...

The Harris County Sheriff's Office outsources the housing of roughly 1,300 inmates in out-of-state private facilities in Louisiana and Mississippi.

At a June 10 meeting, Fort Bend County commissioners approved a memorandum of understanding with Colorado County to house ...

On Tuesday, Sheriff Andre Brunson confirmed to WSFA 12 News that his jail is “uninhabitable” and that it’s been closed for ...

OXFORD, Miss. - A Mississippi inmate briefly escaped custody Monday after running away from a work detail, according to the Lafayette County Sheriff's Office (LCSO). LCSO announced around 2:30 p.m ...

The Adams County Board of Supervisors urged Robbie Dollar, county road department manager, to try to tap into inmate help ...

A former Fulton County jail guard has been indicted on federal civil rights charges. Prosecutors say she used her Taser ...

KALAMAZOO COUNTY, Mich. — Kalamazoo County Sheriff Richard Fuller has spoken with News Channel 3 about an incident involving inmates being trapped in a transport van earlier this month. Seven ...

A man pleaded guilty to federal sex trafficking charges in a scheme in which prosecutors said he bonded women out of county ...

Other Southern Tier county jails also affected. Toward the end of May, the Chemung County jail had 147 total inmates, including 20 state-ready incarcerated individuals, Schrom said.

In Porter County, the issue presents a difficult challenge in a facility that was never intended to serve inmates with mental illness, Sheriff Dave Reynolds said. Nationally, suicide remains the ...

Franklin County Community Based Correctional Facility Executive Director Domonique Paige said the sheriff's office is responsible for investigating the escape, and the four inmates' participation ...