Shanyla Sheppard, 21, of New Haven is facing a felony charge after attempting to smuggle marijuana into Garner Correctional ...

Every year, hundreds of Pennsylvanians languish in jail because they’re considered mentally unfit to stand trial, despite conditions that can worsen their state and plunge them deeper into the ...

State police said the man believes the woman cooperated with law enforcement during an investigation that landed him in jail.

Claymont Arrington, 18, of Hamden is accused of threatening to have a woman killed after she accused him of sexual assault.

Claymont Arrington, 18, of Hamden, was charged after police said they found he was trying to arrange a "hit" on a person from ...

The funding available for the new Whatcom County jail will likely be less than expected, say those involved in the project.

Prison closures generally stir hand-wringing among local government officials over the loss of jobs. But there has been a noticeable lack of panic in southeastern New Mexico’s Lea County, where a ...

A teenager was arrested last week in Nelson County after a woman was brutally beaten. On May 22, the Nelson County Sheriff's ...

A man in prison for murder was sentenced to a little more than an additional year on Wednesday for assaulting another person ...

A lawyer for a worker charged with helping 10 men escape a New Orleans jail says the worker did not know about the jailbreak ...

About 12:20 a.m., prisoners yank open a cell door when the jail's lone guard is away getting food. The men escape through a ...