With the summer safety initiative and a new state law, the Potter County sheriff issued a dire warning about the jail and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Overcrowding has worsened conditions at the Mecklenburg County jail in recent months, people held there told The Charlotte ...

A Davidson County judge ordered TDOC to take custody of 149 state inmates within 10 days, siding with Metro in its jail ...

Overcrowding in jails was so severe, the Irish Prison Service planned hostage-negotiation training and considered using ...

Yellowstone County officials and community advocates pushed a jail expansion plan toward voters as overcrowding continued at ...