Kentucky also has four regional jails, and three that do not house state prisoners. In 2020, those jails released many of their low-level offenders during the initial outbreak of the COVID-19 virus.

More than a year ago, we set out to find out who is dying in custody of Ohio's local jails and why these deaths are happening. The Cincinnati Enquirer, Columbus Dispatch and USA TODAY Network Ohio ...

A jury has found Austin Hakeem Fairley,26, guilty of first degree murder following a trial last week in a deadly shooting more than five years ago, according to ...

Maggie Copeland knew she needed help the day she walked into jail. The 29-year-old mother of a teenage boy told deputies she’d soon be suffering withdrawal from her heroin addiction. In the coming ...

A Georgia state Senate subcommittee has launched its own investigation into Fulton County Jail after the U.S. Department of Justice announced a federal investigation earlier this year following the ...

On November 4, 2021, Terri Beth Mays, a 32-year-old inmate at the Whitley County Detention Center located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, died after being held at the facility for a period of eight days.

A corridor with multiple rooms housing several inmates within Laurel County Correctional Center in London, October 29, 2024. Marcus Dorsey [email protected] When Terri Beth Mays was arrested ...