A Northwest Iowa man has been additionally charged after an attempt to light a fire inside his cell.

The Sonyea man who was accused of killing another inmate while he was incarcerated at Groveland Correctional Facility has ...

An inmate at the Columbia County Detention Center was found deceased in his cell from an apparent suicide. This marks the second apparent suicide in an Augusta-area jail within the same week. The ...

A new $301 million detention center opened Thursday morning in east Kansas City, expanding Jackson County’s capacity to detain people charged with felonies while they await trial.

Was former Erie County corrections officer Niko Carter prosecuted for contraband — or punished for reporting misconduct?

The following people have recently been booked into the Columbia County Justice and Detention Facility on Rawhide Road in ...

: The Pike County, Missouri Sheriff’s Office says the inmate who escaped earlier Thursday was found in an unoccupied building ...

A Lorain County corrections officer is facing six misdemeanor charges after she allegedly performed an illegal cavity search ...

The county has been sending inmates out of state for more than a decade due to overcrowding and understaffing at the Harris County Jail in downtown Houston.

The Hamblen County Sheriff's Office says around 300 inmates moved to the new facility without incident earlier this week.

The Pentagon is looking to extend the presence of the National Guard in Washington D.C. for at least another three years, ...

Authorities say he contacted inmates at the Tarrant County Jail, then met families and collected about $3,000 while posing as ...