A Hardin County Jail prisoner is facing new charges after setting a small fire in his cell, according to information Sheriff ...

A 69-year-old Southfield man is facing multiple criminal charges for allegedly sexually abusing two children in his family. Lawrence Edward Miles, 69, is charged with three counts of first-degree ...

A man accused of biting a dog and fighting police while naked at a Lawrence gas station on Wednesday has been identified as a ...

A new state office has been tasked to review local jail deaths throughout California and make recommendations for potential changes in practices or policies involving inmate custody.

A correctional officer has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the December death of inmate Robert Brooks, whose brutal beating ...

Delaware County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Josh Bynum confirmed preliminary reports of a fire in the county jail.

A jail inmate threatened to shoot a Morgan County judge in the head and burn his house down on Thursday and now, in addition to prior charges, faces a charge of making a terroristic threat and ...

A 44-year-old Ogdensburg man that is an inmate at the St. Lawrence County Jail is facing charges of possessing prison contraband. According to the St. Lawrence County Sheriff’s Department, Ian Johns ...

SACRAMENTO COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE IS INVESTIGATING AFTER A WOMAN INMATE IN THE COUNTY JAIL DIED. DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND THE 32 YEAR OLD WOMAN UNRESPONSIVE IN HER CELL LAST NIGHT, JUST BEFORE 1030.

MACON, Ga. — Local leaders are raising new concerns about the conditions inside the Bibb County jail after an inmate was badly burned in an attack involving another inmate. According to the Bibb ...

A prisoner advocacy group has filed a federal lawsuit against Essex County Sheriff Kevin Coppinger, alleging that he is ...