According to the Virginia ACLU, 41 of Virginia’s 59 jails spent no money at all on inmate programs in fiscal year 2020, which began July 1, 2019 and ended June 30, 2020. The Rappahannock ...

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.

He is currently being held at the Hawkins County Jail. Authorities are investigating a homicide that happened on Wednesday morning, according to the Hawkins County Sheriff's Office. Deputies ...

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 ...

The deputy superintendent of the Western Virginia Regional Jail has been promoted to the top job after the retirement of his predecessor. David Cox, 55, is a 27-year veteran of law enforcement who ...

The Virginia Board of Local and Regional Jails voted Wednesday to approve an agreement with the governing body of Riverside Regional Jail that would avert decertification of the facility and allow ...

St. Joseph County Jail Warden Andrew Finn is prioritizing staff training, particularly given recent hiring increases. Finn aims to expand inmate programs addressing education, mental health ...

Andrew Finn was promoted to warden of the St. Joseph County Jail after 15 years with the department. Finn’s experience includes roles as a corrections officer, field training officer ...

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 ...

A Jefferson County Jail inmate died at the hospital, four days after he was found “attempting to harm himself” in his cell. The Jefferson County Coroner’s Office identified the inmate as ...

Hawkins Mayor Deborah Rushing was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Wood County Jail in Quitman on a charge of tampering ...