Johnson County faces a $94.5 million bond vote to replace an overcrowded jail, sparking debate over a bigger facility and the ...

A minimum-security wing at one of Western Australia's newest prisons has remained unused for a decade, despite inmates in other sections of the jail allegedly sleeping on the floor because of ...

East Tennessee jails have grabbed plenty of headlines in the region lately. From the recent inmate escape in Grainger County to the push for a safety center in Knox County, their impact on East ...

CHARLOTTE — People incarcerated at the Mecklenburg County jail say conditions have worsened in recent months as the facility has become increasingly overcrowded — a trend Sheriff Garry McFadden ...

A family is grieving after a man was beaten to death in a Nashville jail. An attorney for the man’s mother links his death to overcrowding in the city’s jail system. Even though correction officers ...