San Mateo County Superior Court judges are raising concerns for their personal safety after several incidents of deputies, who should be watching potentially dangerous criminals, falling asleep or ...

Law enforcement officials are investigating after an inmate at the Hennepin County Jail was allegedly caught with legal ...

Robby Talbot died at New Haven Correctional Center after allegedly being doused with pepper spray and piled on by officers in ...

On Tuesday, the Princess of Wales continued her return to work with a visit to a mother and baby unit in a women’s prison.

Investigators say two inmates walked away from the Jim E Hamilton Correctional Center in Hodgen, Oklahoma on Saturday morning ...

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

Marisa Syed's belief that she could make a difference propelled her to start the first youth-led program in the United States ...

Spokane County has been accused of unfair labor practices after renewing and expanding a medical services contract with a private company to treat county jail inmates.

Los Angeles’s latest wildfires have reduced communities to ashes and highlighted one of the government’s counterproductive tendencies: barring qualified people from helping their communities because ...

Finding out that a loved one is in custody can be overwhelming, but knowing how to locate them quickly and stay updated on ...

Raymond Lee Oyler set a fire that killed five firefighters in 2006. The California Supreme Court will decide if he remains on death row, writes Robin Epley of The Sacramento Bee.