Lines died from drug withdrawal in the Las Colinas women’s jail in May, a day after her arrest. Dean, who suffered from ...

The Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn houses hundreds of detainees awaiting trial. They include high-profile people ...

Cumberland County officials announced on Monday afternoon that Melissa Marie Trayer, who was arrested on Dec. 26, died on ...

Bucks County has agreed to pay $950,000 to a woman with a serious mental illness who was pepper-sprayed and left strapped for ...

In May 2025 he was jailed for six weeks for punching the woman multiple times in the face, the court heard. He was released ...

A Green River woman accused of killing her husband with a bottle of Baileys took what officials say appears to be an ...

Four decades ago, about 26,000 women were held in U.S. jails or prisons. By 2023, that number was roughly 186,000, according ...

A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of 38 current and former inmates in Los Angeles County’s women’s jail claims male staff ...

In an hours-long hearing, advocates and lawmakers shared their views on why more access to hygiene products in prisons, jails ...

Deputies in women’s jail groped and harassed inmates and watched them shower, lawsuit by 38 former prisoners claims - ‘It’s ...

A woman accused of harassing a mayor, obstructing police and extorting a woman in Arizona, was sentenced this week to prison ...