I was relieved because I was like ‘ok he’s in jail now, he’s going to be ok, he’s safe.’ But I guess I was wrong,” Thelma said. “ The jail did not protect him. He was not safe in jail.” ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced last week that President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador had agreed to accept deportees from the U.S. convicted of crimes, and also offered to house incarcerated ...

When the state of Illinois shut down the century-old, maximum-security prison last year, nearly four of every five inmates ended up being sent to less-secure sites, The Associated Press found.

The Shelby County Jail is aging, has failing infrastructure and is overcrowded. The sheriff's office allowed reporters inside Feb. 11.

Everyone is safe, one officer sustained a minor injury and returned to duty,” the state Department of Corrections said.

The two human services buildings — the almshouse and hospital — likely were the fourth and fifth buildings under county watch ...

The guard faces two charges following an incident at the jail, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.

The Department of Correction came under fire Tuesday from a city oversight board for quietly creating a new high-security unit on Rikers Island that may violate a law limiting the use of solitary ...

The death of a prisoner in Maryborough Correctional Centre this week marks the fourth death in custody at the same prison in ...

Following on from our infiltration of the prison and our first meeting with ... entity who brought us here will bellow from the cell block speakers, telling us that he plans to test our reaction ...