The study found the jail to be in a state of disrepair and said inmates have spent up to nine days in intake. Here's what else it found.

The Shelby County Jail may need about 1,000 more beds to house inmates over the next 20 years, a study conducted by the University of Tennessee County Technical Assistance Service found.

Spencer Swearnger died at Parkland Hospital in November 2023 after he allegedly drank excessive amounts of toilet water in ...

More than 25,000 annually are jailed in Dallas County compared to Miami-Dade's 11,000. Inmates with mental illnesses experience longer jail stays, often because evaluation processes take more time.

Floyd County Jail Inmate Charged In Attack An inmate at the Floyd County Jail attacked another inmate Saturday afternoon, hitting him with a mop handle and cutting his arm, reports state.

By the time prosecutors threw out the case due to “insufficient evidence,” Makyla Brown suffered dozens of seizures and ...

Minneapolis — The man charged with killing a prominent Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another could face something that is a ...

Chicago is poised to close the first half of the year with its steepest statistical drop in recent memory, with fewer than ...

It’s the first time since 2014 that fewer than 200 killings were recorded in Chicago between January and June, data shows.

Under the watch of Cook County sheriff's officers, inmates walk toward a bus for transportation from Cook County Jail to various courthouses on April ... riots and looting followed the killing of ...

“Now is the time” to proclaim a gospel that sets people free, activist and theologian Traci D. Blackmon told participants at ...