The Cuyahoga County jail has been called one of the worst jails in America, a title it earned following a scathing investigation by the U.S. Marshals Service amid a rash of deaths seven years ago. The ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio is announcing plans for new jails to replace Rikers, but the state says the city is doing such a horrible job with it they may take it over and close it ...

Jail officials in some of Texas' biggest counties say the state isn't picking up convicted prisoners fast enough, leaving them in county custody for too long and taking up valuable bed space. Most ...

With time running out in the 2024 New York State legislative session, lawmakers in Albany should act to address the crisis on Rikers and other jails across the state. New Yorkers, particularly those ...

Jails in northern Ontario are facing some of the worst overcrowding pressures in the province, with population data showing ...

Wouldn’t it be a nice surprise if the Erie County jail system were singled out as one of the five best in the state? Instead, a new report, titled “The Worst Offenders. Report: The Most Problematic ...

Dark, damp and dirty. That’s how Maryland Director of Welfare Stuart Janney described the Howard County Jail in Ellicott City 100 years ago when he inspected it, observing a host of ratholes, ...

MISSOULA — The Missoula County jail is the worst in Montana for the care given inmates who need medical or mental health care, according to a report released Monday by the American Civil Liberties ...

A detention officer checks cells in the general population housing last month at the Tarrant County Jail in Fort Worth. Jail officials in some of Texas’ biggest counties say the state isn’t picking up ...