Cuyahoga County's new jail will provide “fresh air and natural light," officials say. It is expected to open in late 2008 or ...

An appeals court in Serbia has released three out of six political activists from jail following international criticism of ...

Law enforcement is actively searching for the remaining six escapees in New Orleans after officials reported an alarming eight-hour delay in notifying authorities about the jailbreak.

A Davenport man who was convicted by a Scott County jury of second-degree sexual abuse and lascivious conduct with a minor was sentenced Friday to 25 years in prison.

The sheriff who oversees the New Orleans jail where 10 men escaped last week says defective locks were a key factor in the ...

32-year-old Jamison Coles was booked into jail on Friday on a charge of Arson, a second degree felony. The Grimes County Sheriff’s Office says the charge stems from a structure fire that occurred on ...

The Pattukottai Sub Jail, a British era detention facility located in the heart of the town, has remained closed for two ...

Netflix's The Quilters explores how incarcerated men at the South Central Correctional Center in Licking, Missouri, found structure and purpose through a distinctive rehabilitation program.

It was April 23, 1895 – a day of celebrating for Adams County officials. The new county jail was finally completed and ...

Kansas City has been paying other county sheriffs to house people charged with municipal offenses since closing its own jail ...