The recent jailbreak in New Orleans followed decades of dysfunction in the city's jail system and recent warnings that ...

When officers investigated the situation further, they found Weaver inside the cell unresponsive. According to an original press release from the city jail, medical personnel tried to save Weaver ...

In an audacious overnight escape, 10 men broke out of jail as the lone guard assigned to their cell pod was away getting food Author of the article: You can save this article by registering for ...

Ten men broke out of a New Orleans jail Friday in an audacious overnight escape by fleeing through a hole behind a toilet and scaling a wall while the lone guard assigned to their cell pod was ...

Hutson said the escapes highlighted the need for more funding to fix jail infrastructure, including the sliding cell doors ... modern and state-of-the-art facility. In 2023, monitors overseeing ...

Hyperallergic also asked For Freedoms for its insights regarding local artists’ and prison abolitionists’ criticisms of the BBJ program and calls for art in the new detention centers.

President Donald J. Trump's latest brainstorm du jour is to reopen the federal prison on Alcatraz Island where he plans to incarcerate America's most dangerous criminals. This despite the opinion ...

A Coweta County inmate, 41-year-old Alan Caswell, was found dead in his jail cell on May 4 after reportedly hanging himself with a bedsheet. Detention officers and EMS attempted life-saving ...

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WJHG/WECP) - The Walton County Sheriff’s Office says a man arrested for DUI is now facing additional charges after he wiped his feces on a jail cell. Law enforcement said ...

(WKRC) - A jail entered lockdown after authorities realized a convicted murderer had gone missing from their care. 12 hours later he was found in a courthouse holding cell, having been ...