Two inmates facing charges that include murder have escaped from a Georgia jail. Ricky Martin and Kentravious Holmes were detained at the Sumter County Jail in Americus, Georgia. They were in ...

A 32-year-old Connecticut man serving a five-year prison sentence for his attack on state Rep. Maryam Khan outside of the XL ...

A union representing Michigan corrections officers is raising concerns about increased assaults on prison staff. They claim the state is housing dangerous inmates in lower-security settings. In ...

The families of two women from the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation who died in jail have filed separate federal lawsuits alleging the Okanogan County Jail failed to treat their ...

A federal court in Florida has thrown out a lawsuit by Republican groups that challenged statistical methods used to produce ...

Seif al-Islam Gadhafi, the son and one-time heir apparent of Libya’s late dictator Moammar Gadhafi, was killed in the northern African country, Libyan officials. The 53-year-old was killed in ...

Jesse Jackson Jr. has launched a spirited primary bid for his old U.S. House seat. The Chicago Democrat says his perspective ...

The Republican lawmakers in charge of the House and Senate intelligence committees have rejected an anonymous complaint from ...

Texas is collecting detailed data on pregnant inmates in county jails, aiming to improve accountability and care. This effort follows reports of mistreatment and deaths, including Ruby McPeters, ...

The Connecticut Department of Correction (CT DOC) is investigating three recent deaths of inmates at state prisons. On Feb. 1 ...

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