CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — Deputies and correctional officers regained control of a county jail housing unit after a disturbance broke out during a planned search for contraband on Friday, Sheriff Levon ...

A Colorado bill aimed at tightening strip-search rules and curbing sexual abuse in jails was paused earlier this month so ...

WETHERSFIELD, Conn. (WTNH) — The Office of Correction Ombuds found that a Connecticut prison’s pre-visit strip search of Michelle Troconis last year was unauthorized, according to a report dated April ...

DURANGO, Colo. (KRQE) – A commander at La Plata County Jail in Durango is facing more than 100 voyeurism charges after investigators said he watched videos of female inmates getting strip-searched.

For many, the experience of going to jail is a nightmare. For an extensive number of women booked into the La Plata County Jail between 2019 and 2024, that nightmare is one they’ve been unable to wake ...

GENESEE COUNTY, Mich. (WJRT) - Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson is addressing concerns after a memo about body camera use inside the jail surfaced on the same day a female inmate died in custody.

Deaths in ICE detention have hit a two-decade high, and allegations of medical neglect and poor conditions continue to surge.

According to human rights groups, people who are detained in El Salvador's megaprison are unable to contact their families or their lawyers. NBC News' David Noriega traveled to El Salvador and spoke ...

Undated Hampshire Police handout of former police officer Gerard Hutchings, who carried out unnecessary strip searches on young men in custody is facing jail after being found guilty of a series of ...

A billboard calling attention to prison rape outside San Francisco City Hall. Ads in liberal CA cities address sobering reality of men in women s prisons. A sweeping investigation of trans ...