LIBERTY COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- 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 ...

A federal judge seized control of New York City’s troubled jail system Tuesday — ordering ... long desired by advocates — to correct dangerous conditions in Rikers that city and Department ...

DRUG charge teenager Bella Culley is being held in the same jail as an evil hammer killer maniac dubbed “Georgia’s most dangerous woman,” It was revealed yesterday. British backpacker Bella, 18, ...

A maintenance worker at a New Orleans jail where 10 inmates escaped has been arrested and accused of helping facilitate the ...

Jason Vorhees Macon Mayor Lester Miller addressed the need to fix unsafe and unsanitary jail conditions after a number ... the county began working on a quote for a new or refurbished jail ...

US-style "supermax" jails could be built to house the most dangerous ... t turn up to work to get assaulted. It's totally unacceptable." Reflecting on the crisis facing the UK prison system ...

Nearly all have experienced severe trauma before arriving in prison, and this is exacerbated by the violence and poor conditions inside many correctional facilities. Today, the two of us work ...

(WDRB) -- Former employees of the new Stellar Snacks factory in west Louisville joined two Metro Council members Friday to describe safety issues and "unsafe" conditions there. The men and women ...

As part of New York State’s newly approved budget, the minimum age to become a corrections officer has been officially ...

NEW YORK (AP) — New York City will no longer fully control its jail system, including the long-troubled Rikers Island complex ...

citing concerns about unsafe work conditions. Latest data shows Victorian prison guards are being attacked, sexually assaulted and hospitalised by the state’s most dangerous criminals.