The jail's rates of violence have worsened under Sheriff Susan Hutson, and her staff faces near-daily attacks or harassment.

A former jail employee is accused of driving escapee Lenton Vanburen to a relative's home and helping him FaceTime family the ...

The 10 men who escaped from a New Orleans jail more than two weeks ago by cutting out a hole behind a toilet received help ...

The Orange County jail is one of only a handful in the state authorized to hold people for Immigration and Customs ...

The D.C. Auditor also found poor conditions, such as vermin, mold and understaffing, persist. The Department of Corrections ...

Antoine Massey and Derrick Groves are among 10 inmates who escaped from the Orleans Justice Center on May 16, according to ...

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office hired retired Judge Bobby Carter to oversee the overcrowding issues at 201 Poplar.

Investigators are pleading for the public’s help in finding a convicted double murderer and an experienced fugitive who broke ...

Louisiana State Police Col. Robert Hodges said that while he does not believe the two fugitives have the resources to flee ...

Lewelyn Dixon, whose arrest at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in February attracted national attention, has been a ...

Nearly a decade ago, New Orleans officials hailed their new jail as a harbinger of change.