The Adams administration has repeatedly bashed the proposal the City Council approved in 2019 to close Rikers.

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight A flurry of fighting broke out again Tuesday in the maximum security building on the ...

The 30-year-old double murderer was sent to death row over the gruesome 2019 slayings of Kristine Melton, 35, and Diane Ruiz, ...

MACON, Ga. — Protesters gathered outside the Bibb County jail Monday, demanding answers about inmate conditions and calling for urgent reform. The demonstration, led by the Human and Civil Rights ...

Conditions in the D.C. jail have gotten so bad, they’re endangering the lives of both inmates and corrections officers, ...

High rates of death and overdoses, dangerous deteriorating conditions and chronic staff shortages are just some of the issues ...

Half the elevators at Federal Detention Center Miami are broken. Immigrant detainees are kept on lockdown, and lawyers can ...

As authorities scour New Orleans for escapees from an audacious jailbreak, they are also confronting entrenched mistrust in ...

The original audit, dated October 2024, was critical of the jail conditions. It found suicide watch practices termed "dangerous," challenges administering mental health care, poor leadership oversight ...

New York's prison system faces potential reform after a fatal incident and historic strike, sparking debates on progressive ...

The state Department of Correction is lowering the minimum age requirement to become an officer from 21 to 19 in hopes of ...

An exhibition featuring work from incarcerated artists highlights links between environmental and climate injustice and the ...