Moving defendants from jails to courts is one of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department's main responsibilities. For more than ...

Now in its second decade, the Cook County Jail chess program is thriving, competing internationally and above all — it’s ...

Moving defendants from jails to courts is one of the L.A. County Sheriff's Department's main responsibilities. For more than ...

DENVER (AP) — A 69-year-old man slowly suffocated to death in a rural Colorado jail after his ribs were broken during an ...

Kansas City closed its jail in 2009, and now plans to replace it at a cost of $150 million to $250 million, if voters approve ...

Company courts Kemmerer with a for-profit immigration jail — an idea that divided nearby Evanston for years. Kemmerer isn’t biting, city council members said.

Dutchess County is looking to hire some of the former New York state corrections officers who were fired after an ...

Kansas City contracts with jails in Vernon County in other parts of ... than Duncan and others claim. The jail will have about 250 beds. Inmates will have access to mental health services.

Roughly 2K state correction officers who were fired after refusing to return to duty can pursue jobs with county jails after ...

Ten men died in Santa Clara County jails last year — the most deaths in custody in two decades, according to a report from a police auditor. The president of the union for jail guards says they’re ...