Motherhood Beyond Bars, a reproductive justice group in Georgia, was originally centered on helping pregnant people inside prisons. After finding it increasingly difficult to work internally at the ...

A federal court has approved, according to a Dec. 5, 2024, order of final approval, a $4 million-plus settlement of a ...

Three Rio Arriba County jail employees are on administrative leave in the wake of raid Monday in which local law enforcement agents sought the source of drugs coming into the facility, where several ...

Joe Zlatic is a Saint Louis University associate professor of criminology and criminal justice. His area of expertise is ...

But their Jail Diversion Programs are helping hundreds of people throughout the county. "We've increased our crisis teams ... She added that many years ago, it cost the jail more than $130 per inmate ...

The County of Santa Cruz settled a lawsuit for $2.2. million related to the 2020 death of Tamario Smith in the main jail.

California saw a record number of deaths in county jails two years ago. Now, a new state official is holding public meetings ...

Two weeks after Gov. Inslee proposed a new juvenile rehab center to deal with overcrowding at DCYF's facility in Chehalis, ...

The nonprofit, which just won a $50,000 grant, provides occupational therapy to currently and formerly incarcerated people in ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - A class action lawsuit has been filed against Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat and members ...

As President-elect Donald Trump weighs pardoning January 6 participants, one defendant says he may not accept it.

Derrick Ellison, 47, died at University Hospital last year after having trouble breathing in his cell. His family has filed a ...