Hundreds of pages of contraband reports paint a picture of a jail system where illegal drugs, from cocaine to MDMA or ...

Even before she was sworn in as the 31st sheriff of San Diego County, the first woman to hold that job, Kelly A. Martinez knew the work ahead would be arduous. Martinez stepped in three years ago next ...

Fernando Isaias Carranza Chuqui had federal humanitarian protection and long-standing work authorization when he was detained in July.

Jails in northern Ontario are facing some of the worst overcrowding pressures in the province, with population data showing ...

Coroner Philip Urquhart said the “harrowing” evidence he heard about Cleveland Dodd’s final days at Unit 18 was some of the ...

RITZVILLE, Wash. - Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner shared an update on social media regarding the county's plans to remodel ...

Western Australia's first recorded death in youth detention was predictable, a coroner has found, finding the care of 16-year ...

RIKERS ISLAND, N.Y. (PIX11) — Another death on Rikers Island on Sunday has sparked outrage among prison reform advocates. The ...

Senators sought answers from Bureau of Corrections leaders about staffing, safety and funding as the agency outlined progress toward ending a decades-old federal consent decree, and wrestled with rece ...

Damascus: A year after dictator Bashar al-Assad's ouster in Syria, little has changed in Amina Beqai's desperate quest. She types her missing husband's name yet again into an internet search box, ...

A South San Francisco woman was arrested early Friday after she allegedly vandalized several vehicles in the Hillsdale Mall parking lot before entering the closed mall and stealing items, San ...