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 ...

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

Two people are behind bars and facing child pornography and statutory rape charges in Laurel. On Thursday afternoon, the ...

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.

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

It’s common for young people leaving jails and prisons to end up back behind bars, often after lapses related to untreated ...

The initiative started in the North Dakota State Penitentiary, but with help from the organizations Restoring Promise and the ...

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 ...