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L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna has asked the National Institute of Corrections to step in and conduct a review of jail conditions after 10 inmate deaths in less than three months.

Mead's shiniest theropod is missing. The Spokane County Sheriff's Office is seeking the public's help in recovering a metal ...

A paperwork breakdown in Texas county jails has kept some people locked up after judges say they are free to go ...

More people are dying in the Dallas County jail now than in recent history, and many were likely preventable deaths that raise questions about patterns of delayed care, according to an analysis of 16 ...

The Charles County Sheriff's Office is asking for help identifying a man who was hit by a car and died more than four decades ago. According to the sheriff's office, the man's remains have never ...

Both officers are being held without bond at the Caswell County Detention Center pending their first court appearances.

Jackson County opened its new detention center, but the future of its old facility remains uncertain.

A 19-year-old Mexican migrant died at a county jail in Florida that has been housing immigrant detainees, according to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. White House officials and senators meet ...

A video circulated online Thursday showing a person in a Monterey County Jail jumpsuit walking through the streets of Salinas, prompting questions from the community.

GENESEE COUNTY, MI – A former Genesee County Sheriff’s deputy has filed a federal lawsuit claiming she was fired after speaking out about overcrowding and understaffing in the women’s housing unit at ...

With a history of mismanagement and inmate neglect, Oklahoma County leaders gathered Thursday afternoon to strongly oppose any new sales tax that would fund the new jail. MIDWEST CITY, Okla. - An ...