The Will County Center for Correctional Concerns provides free GED tests for detainees at the jail, but needs donations.

Maine lawmakers are recommending the Legislature adopt a proposal that would allow some juveniles facing adult charges to stay in a facility with other teens after they turn 18, rather than be moved ...

A Fairfax County music teacher is accused of sexually assaulting two underage students. FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. - A music teacher ...

Commissioners are concerned over the increase in length of stay and the racial disparities in DCYC's latest report.

Jahad Goines Sr. of Monmouth Junction has been charged with witness tamping and simple assault and is being held in the county jail.

President Donald Trump’s administration is using federal prisons to detain some people arrested in its immigration crackdown.

The state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said it will use the report as part of the process of planning, putting out requests for proposals and hiring a contractor to build the new OCCC ...

Court-appointed monitors of Sacramento County jails say a man’s fatal overdose was one of multiple deaths in which deputies ...

Tony Buzbee filed another lawsuit against Sean "Diddy" Combs—this time on behalf of an unnamed male musician who says he was ...

Steve Coleman was kept for 21 months after his parole date because the state could not find a nursing home placement.

A 52-year-old New Jersey man will spend the rest of his life in prison for sexually assaulting a woman during a period spanning more than four years. Adam Natal was sentenced by a judge on Thursday to ...

An influential Louisiana lawmaker will push for minors to be sent to adult prison for a slew of new crimes such as fentanyl distribution and robbery without a weapon if voters approve a state ...