Sharing a tiny jail cell with two others around the clock is gruelling at the best of times. Around a dozen inmates -- just ...

Sir Keir Starmer put overcrowded prisons above the safety of victims with plans to free killers, rapists and sex offenders ...

Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey is issuing a public safety warning and formally notifying the Scotland County Board of ...

The Penobscot County Jail’s overflowing population has for years forced the county to board inmates out to other facilities in the state. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN Penobscot County will use an ...

An estimated $375 million Rutherford County jail and Sheriff's Office may get built by the Correctional Work Center in ...

Mecklenburg County plans to reopen its second jail in August as overcrowding worsens at the county's uptown detention center.

A riot sparked by a bucket of water that was accidentally overturned left one dead in a Philippine jail notorious for its brutal overcrowding, an official said Saturday. Congestion in the jail in a ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal court in Alabama denied summary judgment to Tuscaloosa County on a state-law claim for the wrongful death of a man sentenced to 30 days in jail on allegations that ...

The deadly heatwave sweeping France has once again exposed the structural problems of the country’s chronically overcrowded ...