Sir Keir Starmer put overcrowded prisons above the safety of victims with plans to free killers, rapists and sex offenders ...

Scotland County Sheriff Ralph Kersey is issuing a public safety warning and formally notifying the Scotland County Board of ...

News 12 requested the results of state inspections for the Bertie-Martin Regional Jail. While we're limited in what we can ...

Many other county jails are also full, and Robeson County often has a backlog of court cases caused in part by high crime rates. Iryna’s Law, which the General Assembly passed last fall, is making the ...

The Penobscot County Jail’s overflowing population has for years forced the county to board inmates out to other facilities in the state. Credit: Linda Coan O'Kresik / BDN Penobscot County will use an ...

An estimated $375 million Rutherford County jail and Sheriff's Office may get built by the Correctional Work Center in ...

Sharing a tiny jail cell with two others around the clock is gruelling at the best of times. Around a dozen inmates -- just ...

Plans to transform Mumbai’s century-old Arthur Road prison into a multi-storey complex are stalled by a fundamental challenge ...