The Texas agency that oversees jail standards is heightening its response to Harris County's years-long struggle to meet ...

Plaintiffs cite issues like lack of inmate segregation and mental health resources in case stemming from Angela Kimberly's ...

Two men are accused so far of trying to pay off a crime victim in December to drop a new criminal charge against former ...

A centenarian in New York had one wish for her birthday -- to go to jail. Two days after Ms Loretta turned 104, she visited ...

A body that was discovered in Alabama nearly 20 years ago was identified as an escaped inmate who had been using a fake name, ...

Once again, a grand jury indicted Timothy Herrington for the murder of Jimmie 'Jay' Lee, but this time they handed him an ...

According to the victim, the second assault happened about a month later at a family member’s house while Monday was moving in ...

A man in the country illegally has been deported from DeSoto County at the request of the district attorney’s office, and may ...

Years of issues at the Raymond Detention Center led to the Hinds County Board of Supervisors deciding it's time to build something new.

Sheriff John Ledbetter said Michael Todd Ward Jr., 17, of Moss Point, is being held on a murder charge at the Jackson County ...

Phyllis Stafford, 94, is charged with a misdemeanor after an October crash in which police said she ran over Sarah Thexton.