The New Jersey Corrections Ombudsperson's Office receives 1,000 complaints a month, many of them about staffing risks, ...

Court records indicate jail employees were without hands-on training for three to five years before Charles Adair, 50, died ...

The federal Bureau of Prisons is shutting down its Terminal Island facility near Los Angeles over concerns about crumbling ...

Here's what the law says about driving a car without a muffler in Ohio. Every motor vehicle and motorcycle in Ohio has to ...

What remains of the Yuma Territorial Prison sits on a bluff overlooking the Colorado River and the downtown of what’s known ...

Inmates say the prison, which will close by 2029, feels transformed as the new earned living unit offers inmates more freedom ...

Hampton Roads sheriffs say handling people with serious mental health issues one of the greatest challenges deputies face in ...

Today, Clarke languishes in the medical unit at the Shelby County Jail. He’s been there since June 26, his birthday.

Seeing how he did that…in regular society, due to the laws, he knows that, all right, if I attack an officer here, it’s not ...

Steve McBee Sr. reveals to PEOPLE the final meal he'll eat before he has to self-report to prison on Dec. 1 to begin serving ...

Steve McBee Sr. sentenced to prison and $4M restitution in crop insurance fraud case, claims government used 'bullying ...

In prisons and jails, a person’s care is entirely in the hands of the institution. When someone dies in custody, the public ...