A system designed to protect state inmates who wish to leave gangs has backfired, leading to increased violence fueled by ...

Authorities say that Moore suffered non-life threatening injuries from the jump at the Shasta County Jail, and medical ...

Staffing shortages and long shifts at Franklin County Jail left officers stretched thin after an inmate struck one with a ...

A Chicago man was sentenced Wednesday to up to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty in Whiteside County court to one ...

Joshua Lee, 22, of Wyandotte is accused of engaging in "multiple sexual acts with several prisoners" when he worked at the ...

Although many of them had criminal records, most people who died in custody had not been convicted of the crime they were in ...

A 32-year-old man who died on Dec. 8 had a history of mental health issues; officers chased him before subduing him, ...

Three inmates who escaped from DeKalb County Jail in Georgia Monday morning were captured in South Florida within 24 hours, authorities said. Details of how they escaped were not released, but we do ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (ANF/Gray News) — Three inmates who escaped from a Georgia county jail have been recaptured, according to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office announced Tuesday ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — The search for three escaped DeKalb County Jail inmates ended after they were captured by authorities in Florida, according to the sheriff’s office. On ...

Authorities have captured three inmates, including one charged with murder, who escaped from a county jail east of Atlanta. The trio fled the DeKalb County Jail early on Dec. 22, according to the ...