New allegations are detailed in a lawsuit claiming a Houston man was beaten to death by guards in a private Louisiana jail.

A man is behind bars after a recorded jail call showed him and known gang members displaying guns at his home, deputies said.

In early September, Erick Wilkinson admitted guilt in a plea agreement surrounding the unintentional shooting of Evan ...

After over three weeks of activities in Memphis, the Memphis Safe Task Force said it made more than 1,100 arrests. Most were ...

Washington County Jail face charges related to prison drop cases, the sheriff says. Most of the suspects come from across Georgia ...

A 33-year-old Duval County jail inmate died by suicide Friday morning in his isolation cell, Sheriff Romeo Ramirez confirmed. Israel Hinojosa of San Diego was found unresponsive in his cell at 11:25 a ...

William Hayden Schuck’s family is ‘optimistic’ about the sheriff’s commitment to preventing future deaths in custody.

Jail officials in Indiana mistakenly released the wrong inmate after identical twins were taken into custody for separate ...

A man who fatally stabbed a 66-year-old Lawrence resident and seriously injured his dog outside a grocery store was convicted ...

A powerful Iowa judge has been charged with operating a vehicle while intoxicated after witnesses say she drove the wrong way ...

After nearly five months on the run, convicted killer Derrick Groves was arrested Wednesday following a standoff with police in Atlanta, putting an end to a sweeping, multi-agency search for the last ...