The ACLU released the 30-plus page report released on Tuesday morning.

The Butler County Jail has faced accusations about overcrowding, which the sheriff and state corrections agency deny.

If there's one constant in Oklahoma, it is chronic overcrowding of this state's jails and prisons. The state builds them, the state fills them and then, when facilities spill over with people, the ...

A new legislative audit found Salt Lake County Jail has been dealing with a capacity problem for years and auditors say county leaders need to act quickly before the problem gets worse.

A new report released Tuesday morning is renewing scrutiny on conditions inside the Fulton County Jail, just days after a ...

The ACLU of Georgia has released a report showing that overcrowding at the Fulton County Jail remains a dangerous crisis, with systemic drivers such as misdemeanor detention and money bail ...

Detainees in a Cottonwood Falls jail describe sleeping on the floor in overcapacity cells. Amid a national deportation surge, this jail is one of the region’s primary immigration detention centers.

Officials said construction on the new jailhouse could start in September, but it won't be available for inmates until two years later.

ROME — Pope Leo XIV criticized prison overcrowding and insufficient inmate rehabilitation programs on Sunday as he celebrated a special Mass for detainees, guards and their families in the final event ...

Pope Leo XIV has strongly criticised prison overcrowding and inadequate inmate rehabilitation programmes, delivering his message during a special Mass for detainees, guards, and their families at the ...

California’s prisons are unconstitutionally overcrowded, and a federal judge has seized control of medical care. Governor Schwarzenegger and Democrats have agreed to spend $7 billion on improvements, ...

It does sound like our initial denial got some traction,” budget committee chair Rep. Emily Sirota said. “But we’ve not seen ...