Lawmakers are pursuing legislative changes that would keep more people locked up in overcrowded county jails while awaiting ...

FORT SMITH, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — A Fort Smith teen is competing for a national scholarship with her custom cell phone case ...

Women are being sent to prison after missing court appearances because they cannot get child care, The Herald has found as we investigate the ...

Police are investigating the sudden death of an inmate at Mt Eden prison. Mt Eden Corrections Facility General Manager Dion ...

Conditions in a remand facility are cruel and degrading, with inmates held in unhygienic cells infested with pests, a ...

Supervisors stipulated North County Jail facilities must maximize the use of beds for mental health services, called for ...

WILLIAMSPORT—The suicide ruling in the 2023 death of a convicted murderer while incarcerated at the State Correctional ...

New units at a prison and remand centre are uninhabitable after black mould infestations the government blames on shoddy ...

Meanwhile, Independent Curtin MP Kate Chaney has launched an extraordinary tirade against Seven West Media, accusing the ...

The longest-serving political prisoner under the regime is now revered as a hero. ‘I was always free here,’ he declares, ...

More than 80,000 Texas prisoners live in facilities that lack air conditioning. They have former state senator and Houston ...

The proposals come as Republican governors in several states grapple with how to increase funding for overcrowded facilities. The Arkansas Senate voted 19-10 in favor of a bill that would have given ...