A 21-year-old fugitive in Cook County is on the run after escaping electronic monitoring and removing his GPS tracking device, authorities said.

The 20-year-old man was taken into custody in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida — more than 900 miles from Fairfax County in Virginia ...

A federal judge on Friday appointed a lead monitor with three decades of experience in corrections to oversee a consent decree meant to address dangerous and unhealthy jail conditions in Fulton County ...

According to an unsealed federal criminal complaint filed against seven Chilean men allegedly involved in the crime spree, ...

Newhall Jail owner Manuel “Manny” Santana took some time Thursday evening to reflect on the anniversary of the bid being ...

Mayor Karen Bass has fired Fire Department Chief Kristin Crowley over the chief’s handling of the Palisades fire. The move comes after the embattled mayor ...

Insurance providers in California would be required to reimburse patients who seek mental health care after a natural disaster under proposed legislation to address the emotional and ...

Two Greeley men were recently apprehended outside a federal penitentiary in Louisiana before they could carry out a plan to ...

On this day in 1906, the County of Los Angeles officially accepted a bid from H.C. Register for the construction of the Old Newhall Jail at a cost of $2,237.

The iris scanners are more accurate than fingerprints, facial recognition or palm scanners, according to the Flagler County Sheriff's Office.

Six New York prison workers have been indicted on charges of second-degree murder in the beating death of an incarcerated man ...

Three Aryan Brotherhood members were convicted of orchestrating murders and other crimes from California prisons. But will ...