Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his government's plan to build many more jails, saying the billions in cost will be worth ...

The Polis administration is asking for hundreds of millions of dollars to expand the state’s prison system, just as Colorado’s legislators are bracing for a worsening fiscal outlook. The request sets ...

Houston County Jail down nearly 100 inmates since hitting capacity six months ago, after officials paused arrests and ...

Iowa sheriffs are warning of a breaking point as prison overcrowding forces counties to shuffle inmates at high costs. Will ...

Marion County Sheriff Kerry Forestal called on state and federal officials this week to begin moving inmates they have placed at the local jail as quickly as possible to avoid overcrowding that he ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — A federal court in Alabama denied summary judgment to Tuscaloosa County on a state-law claim for the wrongful death of a man sentenced to 30 days in jail on allegations that ...

When attorneys representing Montgomery County asked a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit alleging overcrowding and mistreatment of county jail inmates, they said the complaint lacked detailed ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Four Lowcountry jails have failed every inspection since 2022, with state inspections finding dangerous overcrowding, inadequate medical care and security violations. The ...