BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (WKRC) - Butler County officials are preparing to reopen an unused jail facility in Hamilton as an overflow option amid renewed attention to crowding concerns and the county’s ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio leaders are pushing for a more comprehensive local approach to addressing overcrowded jails and mental health struggles among low-level offenders. During Wednesday’s B ...

The jail is one of two being demolished by Dan Gilbert's Bedrock real estate firm as part of a 2018 land deal. Bedrock acquired the jail sites in exchange for building the new Wayne County Criminal ...

Newly released Department of Justice documents show that investigators reviewing surveillance footage from the night of Jeffrey Epstein's death observed an orange-colored shape moving up a staircase ...

Clinton County Sheriff David N. Favro, claimed in 2023 that Dustin Provost had declined medical treatment before his death. A state investigation found that correction officers had declined his pleas ...

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health has been under fire for more than a year because inmates have been sitting in jail for months on end, waiting for mental health treatment. Tulsa County has ...

SAGINAW, MI — A now-fired corrections officer has pleaded guilty-as-charged to allegations that he brought drugs into the Saginaw County Jail to sell to inmates. He is unlikely, however, to spend time ...

Briauna Brown is a digital content producer for CBS Texas. A longtime and versatile journalist, Briauna writes, edits and produces social media content for all CBS Texas digital platforms. An inmate ...

Bexar County spends a lot of time and money on its jail — and the facility is still the most troubled part of county government. The Bexar County Adult Detention Center is overcrowded and understaffed ...

Cumberland County Sheriff Kevin Joyce speaks at a news conference Thursday where he criticized the tactics of federal agents who detained one of the county's corrections officers this week in Portland ...

Correctional staff at a private Louisiana jail facility ignored a Houston man’s pleas for medical attention in the days leading up to his January 2025 death from an infection caused by strep throat, a ...