The Georgia Bureau of Investigation (GBI) has released the identity of the Tift County Jail inmate who was found dead in her ...

A Georgia mayor was arrested after he was accused of going to great lengths to get an inmate released from jail.

Inmate Growth Naturally and Intentionally Through Education (IGNITE) is a program that separates the Fayette County Jail from ...

One inmate found himself standing at a Baton Rouge bus stop--feet away from freedom. The problem was--he wasn't supposed to ...

An Alabama death row inmate who raped and murdered a woman in 1991 was executed this week using nitrogen gas, making him the ...

The 36-year-old woman, a former employee of the Mike Durfee State Prison in Springfield, was sentenced Tuesday.

Officials announced Wednesday that an inmate of the Ventura County’s jail system died during a hospital stay in January. The ...

Between 260 to 390 prisoners will be eligible for release under the latest move to tackle overcrowding in jails.

The Maryland Second Look Act, sponsored by Baltimore County Democrat state Sen. Charles Sydnor, would grant incarcerated ...