A door-to-door solicitor has been sentenced to prison in the fatal stabbing of a man during a confrontation in 2022. Michael ...

A Towanda woman who was already in jail has been arrested after police say she broke the window on her cell door, as stated ...

Stillwater facility’s proposed closing prompts a look at the architectural significance of correctional centers in Minnesota.

As North Carolina officials look to reduce their use of solitary confinement, several mentally ill inmates have killed ...

Jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and Jackson, Mississippi, don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when ...

American jail and prison escapes have long captured the public imagination, blending real danger with elements of ingenuity, ...

A lawsuit in San Francisco suggests forcing detainees to live in the dark could violate their constitutional rights. This ...

Police say one of the New Orleans jail escapees who was captured on Monday was found with the help of an anonymous tip from a ...

Huntsville police and other Texas authorities apprehended two escaped Orleans Parish jail inmates, leaving only two escapees still at large.