Inmates across the country have died or been hospitalized due to hypothermia. Climate change is poised to make winter in ...

The recent past has come back to haunt the OK County jail. Fired employees have sued it and the public trust that governs it in a whistleblower claim.

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This week, authorities have also arrested three guards and a prison nurse, but haven't said if they are connected to the ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Two women at Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood claim they were sexually assaulted by a jail staff ...

MIDDLETON — Inmate visits at Middleton Jail are cancelled until at least next week and some prisoners are being held in Middlesex County after a transformer fire in a housing unit caused extensive ...

Twenty people died in 2025 in the Harris County Jail, the state’s largest pre-trial detention system, which has faced years of understaffing, overcrowding and wrongful death lawsuits. The death toll ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A lawsuit filed on behalf of 38 current and former detainees at the Los Angeles County women’s jail alleges male ...

There is an update to this story. Click here to read. OKFUSKEE COUNTY, Okla. — The Okfuskee County Sheriff's Office says that an inmate being held at the Okfuskee County Jail has escaped. Officials ...

Inmates learn budgeting, banking and credit skills in a class designed to promote stability, prevent reoffending and strengthen the community. is your neighborhood reporter for North Beach, Downtown ...

The three inmates who escaped from Georgia's DeKalb County Jail on Monday, including one facing a murder charge, have been apprehended in Florida. Their detention was confirmed by Eric Heinze, ...

A routine facility check at a county jail just east of Atlanta on Monday morning suddenly turned into a manhunt after officials discovered three men, all accused of violent crimes, had escaped the ...