A man detained at the Pitt County Detention Center hanged himself in October and died days later at ECU Health Medical Center ...

Body-worn camera footage released Friday shows correctional officers at the Marcy Correctional Facility in upstate New York punching and kicking a handcuffed inmate in a fatal beating that is now ...

WASHINGTON, Dec 23 (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday commuted the sentences for 37 out of 40 federal inmates on death row, converting them to life in prison without parole ...

The Sedgwick County Jail is adding new detention deputies. Staffing the jail has been challenging for years, but recruiting is improving. Sheriff Jeff Easter says it’s due to recent changes to address ...

Kansans covered by Medicaid lose their health coverage when they're booked into jail. Sedgwick County is no exception.

A 28-year-old detention officer in Texas is dead after allegedly being attacked by an inmate while he was returning the inmate to his cell. During a news conference Tuesday, Ellis County Sheriff ...

It’s also a budget issue. When inmates lose their Medicaid coverage, the sheriff’s office becomes responsible for their medical needs. Sedgwick County uses property tax funds to pay medical bills.

DAUPHIN COUNTY, Pa (WHP) — A scathing lawsuit has been filed against Dauphin County, alleging that inmates at the Dauphin County Prison were kept in near-total darkness for weeks and denied ...

Isaiah Patrick Bias, a 28-year-old who worked at the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office for over six years, was assaulted Monday afternoon at the county jail in Waxahachie, south of Dallas.

IN SWATARA TOWNSHIP, DAUPHIN COUN The Dauphin County Prison retaliated against inmates suspected of smoking synthetic marijuana by punishing entire cell blocks — confiscating legal paperwork ...