The Nov. 12, 1909, edition of the Alton Evening Telegraph carried an article about the Nov. 11 lynching of two men — one white and one Black — in Cairo, Illinois. Will “Froggy” James ...

A 32-year-old inmate at the Athens-Clarke County Jail died Monday. This is the second inmate death at the jail in three weeks. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death.

The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office is conducting a state-mandated investigation into a recent in-custody death at the Dallas County Jail. The Tarrant County Sheriff's Office is leading an ...

A pair of Cook County Jail detainees are alleging sheriff’s deputies encouraged a third inmate to tie them up and sexually assault them at knifepoint after one of them complained about forced ...

D.C. jail officials and police are investigating the fatal stabbing Monday of a 29-year-old prisoner in the Central Detention Facility authorities said. Setareh Yelle, a spokesperson for the jail ...

An inmate at the Bexar County jail died after he was found unresponsive by a deputy in his cell. This marks the fourth death at the jail this year. Last year, there were 13 jail inmate deaths.

This move, which would give the county commissioners the responsibility of overseeing the jail and the courthouse instead of the sheriff’s office, came after a state audit revealed “financial ...

"This is different," Cannon, the founder of Elite Community Outreach, said before a Friday event with at-risk youth at the Peoria County Jail. "You pay attention. This is not a playground.

A state entity overseeing Texas jails ordered the Liberty County Jail to shut down, citing long-standing dangerous conditions that reportedly contributed to a fire in April. A spokesperson for the ...

Erie County Sheriff John Garcia has been pushing for a new county jail since he took office last year. County Executive Mark Poloncarz has been listening. Poloncarz plans to allocate $2.5 million ...

The death of a man who went into full arrest after fights with Montgomery County Jail staff while in custody has been ruled a homicide. In a release Friday, the Montgomery County Coroner’s ...

BELOIT - A Mount Prospect, Illinois man who set a goal to run the length of Illinois to honor his late mother completed the quest in Beloit Monday night. Chase Bandolik detailed the 416-mile run ...