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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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

A Tier III registered child sex offender Richard Kenneth Cox, 58, visited two high schools and three county-owned recreation and fitness centers.

TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - After an inmate died at the Pima County Adult Detention Complex and two other incidents involving inmates assaulting staff, the concern about safety and security at the jail ...

DANVILLE, Va. (WSET) — The Danville Police Department is extending a unique opportunity to inmates still serving time, ...

It’s a problem officials with Jefferson County’s Detention Center say is a “constant battle”, after a jailer had to be taken to the hospital after she was exposed to fentanyl while sorting mail ...

The state’s largest facility for youth offenders remains over capacity, with one legislator describing the situation at the ...

SOUTH CAROLINA ATTORNEY GENERAL ALAN WILSON SAYS A MAN IS FACING CHARGES ACCUSED OF STEALING MORE THAN $120,000 FROM A VULNERABLE ADULT. MALCOLM KIDD WAS ARRESTED AND CHARGED WITH EXPLOITATION OF A ...

The DA's office announced the detention of eight people who have who are now pending removal from the United States on Jan 30 ...