The recent jailbreak in New Orleans followed decades of dysfunction in the city's jail system and recent warnings that ...

Fulton County on Wednesday approved additional funding to pay overtime for jailers who work for the Sheriff’s Office and to support efforts to hire and retain them.

The county has failed to comply with Texas' mandated ratio of one detention officer for every 48 inmates, Sheriff Byron Lyons wrote in a news release Wednesday.

PIERCE COUNTY, Wash. — The Pierce County jail is now housing juvenile inmates due to a staffing crisis and maintenance issues at the Remann Hall youth detention facility. So far, four juveniles ...

Authorities have arrested an Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office maintenance worker in connection with the escape of 10 jail ...

JAIL STAFFING AND JAIL POLICY AND PROCEDURES. A WRITTEN COMPLIANC An audit into the Orleans Parish jail began Tuesday, according to a news release issued by the Louisiana Department of Public ...

In Texas, each county jail requires a minimum ratio of one guard for every 48 inmates. For Polk County, that is not enough. Visit this article to learn more: <a href ...

Staffing shortages continue to be a thorn in Zenk’s side, however. The jail struggles with high turnover, in part because corrections officers frequently leave for higher paying police agencies ...

The recent escapes follow several other high-profile breakouts, like that of Danilo Cavalcante, a convicted murderer who ...