Hickory police said four men forced a man into his car, took the vehicle and released him shortly after. Student's car ...

A firsthand tour of Adams County Jail reveals alarming safety hazards and severe facility decay, raising urgent concerns about staff and inmate welfare and the pressing need for a new jail.

Lawrence Brewer was executed in 2011 for his role in the murder of James Byrd Jr, but it was his last meal request that prompted a major change in history across prisons ...

An investigation determined a man's in-custody death was related to an injury he sustained before he was taken into custody.

Combs will serve the remainder of his 50-month sentence at FCI Fort Dix, a minimum security facility in southern New Jersey, ...

An investigation led by Georgia Sen. Jon Ossoff has uncovered dozens of reports of medical neglect in immigration detention centers nationwide.

According to arrest warrants, Calvin Lee Thompson Jr. and Tishone Dunlap-Wright worked together to assault another inmate ...

A U.S. Senate investigation has uncovered numerous credible reports of medical neglect and poor conditions in immigration detention centers across the country.

A southeast South Dakota lawmaker wants a new task force to look at inmate rehabilitation services across the state, ...

Most of the recent lawsuits against Blair County and its prison have focused on the living conditions endured by the inmates, but this week, two female visitors complained in a federal civil rights ...

New allegations are detailed in a lawsuit claiming a Houston man was beaten to death by guards in a private Louisiana jail.

As Memphis Safe Task Force arrests swell population at Shelby County Jail, another inmate is found dead in his cell.