Every day about 200 new inmates arrive from courthouses across New York City to be booked into Rikers Island. Generally within 24 hours, they undergo a process that can have life-and-death ...

BENTONVILLE -- The Benton County Sheriff's Office can now take better care of both the physical and mental health needs of jail inmates. Sheriff Shawn Holloway and other Sheriff's Office officials ...

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is now using new body scanners at its jails to prevent inmates from smuggling in drugs, weapons, and other contraband. Since the scanners were installed, they have ...

Harris County District Attorney Sean Teare says the intake division in his office is fully staffed by line prosecutors for the first time in eight years, a move aimed at alleviating a massive court ...

Stripped naked and doused with pepper spray. “Bugs galore.” Fellow inmates vomiting and defecating on themselves. Three ...