In 2016, the jail started housing adult inmates, whose population reached a high of 88, according to Carolynn Stocker, the ...

Arlando “Tray” Jones is among thousands of people seeking accountability under a new state law that eliminated the statute of ...

Convicted felons in Maryland could soon have a chance to petition for reduced sentences under a new bill that is one step ...

A trial for a Louisville teen illuminated the chaos of a high-profile riot in Adair County and showed how systemic errors ...

For the first time in more than two years, the state of Arizona is set to execute an inmate on Wednesday, March 19.The Office of Prison Ministries and the Office of Respect Life Ministries held a ...

The man sentenced to death for the killing of an off-duty Orangeburg police officer in 2004 has filed a stay of execution.

A juvenile detention center constructed to ease the increase of detained minors in the state is now expected to open months ...

A 72-year-old man arrested under the Pocso Act died at Stanley Hospital. In Puzhal prison, a Nigerian woman attacked a South ...

A juvenile detention officer repeatedly assaulted a 15-year-old inmate who’s accused of kicking his cell door when his calls ...

An Oakland County woman accused of sex crimes against teens at a Wayne County juvenile detention center while working there is competent to stand trial, based on results of a psychiatric-psychological ...

Three Lewis County Juvenile Detention Center employees received a standing ovation from a packed Lewis County Board of County Commissioners hearing room on Wednesday as they were publicly honored for ...

The strike and the state’s response have exacerbated the already brutal conditions in the state prison system.