Nine men are charged in connection with a fatal stabbing at the prison, which the Trump administration has nicknamed the 'Speedway Slammer.' ...

Nine defendants were on trial on charges related to the July 4 attack on the Prairieland ICE detention center in North Texas.

The City Commission in Leavenworth approved a permit to private prison operator CoreCivic. Members voted 4-1 to approve a ...

A Miami-Dade corrections officer was charged Friday after video surfaced that appears to show him punching and beating an inmate inside a county jail. The footage, recorded inside the facility and ...

Horace Cowan, a former Camden man convicted of a 1990 homicide, won a state Supreme Court dispute over his long wait for ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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