A 35-year-old Montreal man who previously stabbed a mother of two to death in Vancouver has been charged with first-degree murder in connection with a homicide at a Plateau Mont-Royal dépanneur.

Medicaid is now paying for health care in jails and prisons, helping smooth inmates’ return to the community. Corrections and law enforcement officials say they’re all for it.

An alleged drug smuggler for accused kingpin Ryan Wedding – recently linked to a man charged in a sprawling Toronto police ...

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 ...

THE MARIN COUNTY SHERIFF SPOKE directly with his critics and county officials this week as the Board of Supervisors and activists met with him to discuss Marin County officials and activists ...

El Dorado County has paid a $3.25 million settlement to a man who spent 15 years in prison for a cold case murder he did not commit. The Sacramento Bee learned of the settlement for Ricky Davis, ...

The Marin County Sheriff’s Office is taking a new approach aimed at ensuring only select immigrant detainees are reported to federal authorities. The county will limit information released to only ...

Gregory Vogelsang was granted parole, and is set to have a follow up hearing next week. He was convicted of nearly 30 counts of kidnapping and sex crimes.

The event reflected how one blue-state county is processing the anxiety caused by the Trump administration's recent immigration crackdown in Minnesota. By the end of the three-hour meeting, ...

The badge is not a shield from prosecution; rather it is a symbol of the oath a sworn officer takes to uphold the law, on and off duty,” said Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer.

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

In his first major sit-down from behind bars, the disgraced mogul fumes about life at Rikers ("I’m dying here"), his wrecked ...