In an innovative program at a jail in Athens, inmates face their past and are given more freedom. The goal? That they stop coming back.

Brooklyn’s Metropolitan Detention Center often makes news for its celebrities, but hundreds of others at the jail face ...

"My Dad is 57 and was in and out of prison for years. He still eats with his hand clutched around the utensil and hovers his ...

"My Dad is 57 and was in and out of prison for years. He still eats with his hand clutched around the utensil and hovers his ...

Immigration ‘Like a jail cell’: Family of six detained at Washington state border facility for more than three weeks By Troy Brynelson (OPB) May 28, 2025 1:07 p.m.

Holding a toothbrush the size of my pinky finger, I hit the cold-water button on my stainless-steel sink. I wait for the running brown water to turn clear, but it never does. Frustrated, I grab a ...

A Winston-Salem man recently arrested and accused of sexual activity with a child died Saturday in the Forsyth County Detention Center, the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office said. David Elliot ...

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. -- A Freeport man was arrested who was arrested for driving under the influence after a series of disruptive incidents in Santa Rosa Beach o ...

JONESBORO, Ga. (WKRC) - A jail entered lockdown after authorities realized a convicted murderer had gone missing from their care. 12 hours later he was found in a courthouse holding cell, having ...

Like local jails nationwide, Montana's small holding facilities have become institutions of last resort as patients in mental health crisis wait for beds at a mental hospital.

Authorities in Coweta County are investigating the apparent suicide of an inmate who was found unresponsive in his jail cell Friday morning.

Tamion Kenon, a 34-year-old man, was found dead in his cell at the Fort Bend County Jail, where he had been held for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.