Alabama is building a 4,000-bed prison in Elmore County and plans to build another 4,000-bed prison in Escambia County.

Two men are under arrest after authorities say they tried to smuggle contraband into Alabama prisons. Kevin Harris, of ...

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards approved a 64-bed expansion project to take place at the Montgomery County Jail as ...

ST. LOUIS — Mayor Tishaura O. Jones is calling for an investigation into a Friday incident in which the city’s newly elected ...

Two men from JPG Plumbing pled guilty to illegal dumping in a Montgomery County pond and faced fines and probation, while ...

A Trotwood man will serve time in prison for reportedly leading Riverside police on a chase in connection to a domestic violence investigation. Jerry Thorpe, 48, was sentenced to one year at the ...

Montgomery County Sheriff Wesley Doolittle has received a variance from the Texas Jail Commission to add 64 additional beds ...

The proposed measures include a bill allowing incarcerated individuals to register and another that would require ID verification.

care and fair treatment of every individual in our custody at the Cuyahoga County Corrections Center,” Woodard wrote. “We take this responsibility seriously and continually work to identify and ...

A concerned citizen’s quick thinking helped Montgomery County deputies arrest a man accused of attempting to kidnap an 11-year-old girl in the 19400 block of Hickory Lane. The incident happened on Feb ...

The Ombudsman received a complaint from a woman who was denied visitation with a friend by an area correctional institution. She has visited her friend several times in the past but was taken off ...

AVON LAKE, Ohio -- Being a correctional officer isn’t an easy job. That’s why the Lorain County Sheriff’s Office is working to make sure that its officers are receiving proper guidance and ...