Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his government's plan to build many more jails, saying the billions in cost will be worth ...

Six-month assessment will examine Warren County jail needs and operations ...

The Polis administration is asking for hundreds of millions of dollars to expand the state’s prison system, just as Colorado’s legislators are bracing for a worsening fiscal outlook. The request sets ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Four Lowcountry jails have failed every inspection since 2022, with state inspections finding dangerous overcrowding, inadequate medical care and security violations. The ...

East Tennessee jails have grabbed plenty of headlines in the region lately. From the recent inmate escape in Grainger County to the push for a safety center in Knox County, their impact on East ...

Houston County Jail down nearly 100 inmates since hitting capacity six months ago, after officials paused arrests and ...

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 ...

New data shows the vast majority of the province's correctional facilities are operating with far more inmates than they were ...

Colorado’s prison population plan was designed to prevent overcrowding. Instead, eight months after it was triggered, the ...