Never-before-seen footage shows two Louisiana deputies punching an inmate more than 50 times during a jailhouse strip-search ...

Numbers out of the Justice Department show that most suicides in jail happen shortly after booking — nearly half of them ...

The jail’s Romanesque Revival style, popular in the late 19th century for institutional buildings, gives it a castle-like appearance that stands in stark contrast to the modern structures surrounding ...

One of two inmates who escaped from the Brown County detention center late Monday night has been captured, according to the Mason County Sheriff's Office in Kentucky.

For countless Nigerians who have served time behind bars, stepping out of prison is far from the freedom it promises, as a ...

An Egyptian immigrant and chaplain in Cincinnati has been released after weeks in detention. Ayman Soliman was detained in July during an immigration check-in.

A newly-released report on the beating death of Ohio corrections officer Andrew Lansing, who prosecutors say was killed by inmate Rashawn Cannon on Christmas Da ...

A 42-year-old man was found dead inside his cell at the Nassau County Correctional Center in East Meadow. Third Precinct ...