Bexar County jailer has been arrested, accused of opening cell doors to enable inmate assaults. The case is linked to an inmate death.

An Austin federal judge has declared extreme heat in Texas prisons “plainly unconstitutional." The bill faces an uphill battle in the Senate.

Friday's early morning escape was the largest ever at the 9-year-old lockup, where longstanding, documented problems at the ...

An ex-Bexar County sheriff’s deputy accused of letting inmates into jail cells to assault other inmates at the Bexar County ...

A now-former Bexar County Sheriff’s Office deputy was arrested on Friday and is accused of letting inmates into jail cells to assault other inmates at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center, ...

By Brad Brooks (Reuters) -Ten inmates, including some charged with murder, escaped from a New Orleans jail with inside help ...

The 10 inmates broke out of the New Orleans jail at about 1 a.m. on May 16. Nearly a day later, three had been recaptured.

Surveillance cameras at a prison in New Orleans captured the moment a group of inmates managed to escape and their subsequent ...

RETURNING TO THAT BREAKING NEWS, A MANHUNT UNDERWAY FOR SEVEN INMATES STILL ON THE RUN, MORE THAN 24 HOURS AFTER ESCAPING ...

There are indications the prisoners had help from “inside of our department,” the Orleans Parish sheriff said. Three ...

NEW ORLEANS — Ten men broke out of a New Orleans jail Friday in an audacious overnight escape by fleeing through a hole ...