U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is terminating the contractor running its largest detention facility and putting in charge another firm tasked with improving medical care and other services.

Court documents show the man opened fire in a classroom at Old Dominion University had previously been convicted of aiding a terrorist organization. The shooting Thursday happened less than two ...

A state police investigation determined the death of a 46-year-old Snyder County inmate in Clinton County Prison on Nov. 17 was a suicide.

Authorities have identified the El Paso County inmate who died in a hospital Friday as a 35-year-old woman originally from ...

Lawmakers spent hours debating a bill that would ban jails from using body-worn cameras to videotape strip searches. The legislation comes after a former jail commander was charged with over 100 ...

Human trafficking can happen anywhere—from the biggest cities to the smallest towns, and the victims can be anyone.

Federal officers at Camp East Montana have beaten people for requesting medicine and even placed bets on which detainee would attempt suicide next.

A Reading man serving time in a federal prison in Schuylkill County for drug trafficking has been indicted on a charge of having a weapon in the prison in Minersville. Ramsee Munoz, 35, is accused of ...

Jacksonville hires CGL to guide one-year search for site to build new county jail. Town halls will let public voice opinions on options.

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An inquest jury has found that a prisoner at HMP The Mount in Bovingdon, Hertfordshire, died because the prison did inadequate searches for ...