Meetings, committee reports, planning sessions, focus groups, citizen demands and even a federal lawsuit have failed to produce concrete plans to replace Monroe County’s crowded and dilapidated jail.

Oklahoma County's jail is taking additional steps to rid itself of detainees nobody wants — bed bugs. Earlier this summer, attorneys representing the jail finalized a deal with the Oklahoma State ...

I believe there is a path forward on the jail beds issue. It will require the entire community working together to solve this most pressing public safety problem. About one month ago I went to the ...

YOUNGSVILLE — A couple checking out a barking dog on their northwestern Pennsylvania property led to the capture of a homicide suspect who had used bed sheets to escape from jail, authorities said.

County officials this month agreed to a $500,000 contract to house jail inmates elsewhere and an additional $12,000 project to add bed space at the Culpeper County Jail. The move to increase capacity ...

City agencies behind the design of the new 15-story, 1,040-bed Brooklyn Borough Jail in Boerum Hill have reneged on commitments made to the community during the land use review process, compromising ...

Bengaluru: Actor Darshan, currently lodged at the Parappana Agrahara Central Jail as an accused in the Renukaswamy murder case, has told the court that the severe cold inside the prison is preventing ...