A death investigation is underway after a woman in custody at the Vigo County Jail died early Tuesday, according to the Vigo ...

Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have taken at least 240 Clark County Detention Center inmates into custody since a local-federal agreement went into effect at the jail in late 2025. The ...

Growing Rutherford County will replace an aging, overcrowded jail through a $300 million project by 2030, project consultant Bart Kline said.

Leavenworth cleared the way for CoreCivic to open an ICE detention center, approving a zoning permit Tuesday night after a yearslong battle.

Fulton County Jail in Atlanta has become one of the most controversial detention centers in the United States. Overcrowding, violence, and dangerous conditions have turned daily life behind its walls ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas town known for its prisons is allowing a shuttered private prison to reopen and house detained immigrants after a nearly yearlong legal fight amid a massive national push for ...

The primaries last week did not go in Governor Sanders' favor in two districts where challengers she backed failed to unseat ...

A conversation with Paul Bocanegra is awash in cognitive dissonance. How, I wonder, could the congenial middle-aged man sitting across from me at a coffee shop, apologizing profusely for being a few ...

A contract with medical services provider Medikal, Inc. was approved by supervisors yesterday. It will increase medical expenses at the jail by about $3 million annually. But county officials hope it ...