A 20-year-old Racine man pleaded no contest to a battery charge about seven months after he and another inmate allegedly attacked two other prisoners in the Racine County Jail.

An Erie County prison was locked down on Wednesday after inmates took over three dormitories, according to the union ...

New York prison locked down as inmates overtake dorms. Officers have been pulled from those areas and emergency response ...

The rebellion at Collins Correctional Facility in Erie County began around 1 a.m. on Wednesday, a union rep said.

Flames from the Hughes fire came within a mile of the Castaic jails before firefighters pushed them back. Inmate advocates ...

Spokane County has been accused of unfair labor practices after renewing and expanding a medical services contract with a ...

A computer glitch and an attempt to save taxpayer dollars has had Logan County Jail inmates complaining about the quality and quantity of food served at the jail. Sheriff Brett Powell told the ...

The Weld County Sheriff’s Office is warning residents of a scam targeting family members of jail inmates. The scam — which the agency discovered after a series of calls from concerned family members ...

LEWISBURG — Union County Sheriff Ernie Ritter III will not run for a fifth term, opting instead to step aside and endorse Chief Deputy Scott Hahn in his bid for the elected position. Ritter, a ...

Two more men died at the Shelby County Jail this week, Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner said Friday night. The deaths make four in a week.

The amount the county paid to outside attorneys rose 18% from the previous year to $75 million — nearly double what the ...

Kamara, 29, had run away from a hospital in Encinitas an hour before he was arrested. Law enforcement had been asked to return him for treatment, his family’s lawsuit says.