Two western Mississippi inmates who were held on murder charges ... Edward Goods, told WLBT. The escape happened around 2:20 a.m. on Friday, the Claiborne County Sheriff’s Department said ...

Two inmates who escaped the Newport News City Jail Annex Monday evening were taken into custody in Hampton around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, police confirmed. Two inmates who escaped the Newport News City ...

A man with a “long criminal history” has freed himself in an escape from a minimum security prison in Sanford, according to ...

Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch says Monday that law enforcement officers were justified in using force in five ...

Terry Lashaun Brooks was sentenced to 32 years in prison October 30, in Lowndes County Circuit Court. Brooks entered a guilty ...

Within a span of only 24 hours, two inmates nearly escaped from the Harris County Jail in separate incidents over the weekend. Both men have been charged for their attempts, and Sheriff Ed Gonzalez ...

An appeals court says a federal receiver can proceed with a takeover of a Mississippi jail where a judge found ...

There are three people on the ballot seeking to fill a seat on the bench once held by late Judge LaRita Cooper Stokes.

The escaped inmate was taken into custody in another state, more than 200 miles from the jail, according to SLED.

Attorneys say they cannot get into the jail in a timely manner to see their clients, inmates are refusing to come to court because of the poor conditions and fights have broken out. The jail has ...

Two people have died by suicide in the new Wayne County Jail, Detroit police confirmed Tuesday, within a month of the move to the facility that has been plagued with complaints since its opening.

The mother, identified by police as 33-year-old Chianti Means, and her two children crossed over a safety guard rail and went ...