The acting director of St. Louis County Justice Services says she wants to permanently lead the agency as she works to ...

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

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 ...

Boone County spends $2.5 million a year on housing inmates in other counties because its own jail is overcrowded.

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 ...

Sheriff Mark Harrell says 198 inmates are in the process of returning to the facility from 11 other jails statewide.

PACE, a charity that works with former prisoners and those serving community service orders, is backing plans to oblige the courts to consider community services in lieu of prison sentences of up to ...