A second inmate escaped the custody of the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office in as many days, apparently emboldened by an ...

Seventy-three percent of inmates in the jail are currently taking psychotropic medication, according to county data, while 77 ...

Three years ago, the Barry County Sheriff’s Office broke ground on a new jail, and the sheriff wanted to ensure the facility ...

The Ward County Detention Center is seeing success with an opioid use disorder treatment program that has been the first of ...

A recently-published new survey is doing something similar to the Netflix show "Orange Is The New Black" with real-life ...

From prison to paycheck: Inmates in Maine are working remote jobs while serving time.

SARSOTA COUNTY, Fla. — In Sarasota County, one commissioner says the jail population has reached an "emergency" level. Numbers given to Spectrum News by the sheriff's office confirm the situation: ...

As a part of a yearlong study, Texas county jails are collecting data about pregnant inmates’ prenatal care, mental health ...

ORLANDO, Fla. — Community leaders and local officials gathered outside the Orange County Administration Building on Tuesday to raise concerns about the growing number of Immigration and Customs ...

Mamdani entrusted Stanley Richards, who was formerly incarcerated and executive vice president at The Fortune Society, with ...

The most powerful person in any North Carolina county is the sheriff, an elected position mandated by the state constitution.

President Trump said he had personally ordered the withdrawal of hundreds of federal agents involved in the contentious immigration crackdown in Minnesota. In an interview with NBC, Mr. Trump insisted ...