People struggling with mental illness and homelessness pose persistent problems for the Orange County Jail. Now county leaders are making a hard push for solutions, mindful that incarceration is ...

A former Riverside County sheriff’s captain and jail commander is suing the county and Sheriff Chad Bianco, alleging she was fired for speaking out against inmate abuse and deaths and other ...

At the Orange County Jail Oversight Commission's final meeting, participants brought up concerns about jail overcrowding and current conditions.

Two women are suing the OC Sheriff Department for allegedly violating their civil rights by removing their hijabs after being ...

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office officially identified an inmate who died in the Bexar County jail this week.

BEXAR COUNTY, Texas — A sheriff's deputy intercepted a female inmate's suicide attempt at the Bexar County Jail Annex on Monday, according to the Bexar County Sheriff's Office (BCSO).

A 36-year-old female inmate died after a medical episode at the Bexar County jail, according to the sheriff’s office.

Orange County Mayor Jerry Demings directed the jail to begin posting information about ICE detainees last week, but Gómez-Tejeda said that might not help inmates were arrested in other counties ...

A former detention officer faces federal charges over illegally tasing detainees at the Fulton County Jail in an excessive force case in GA, prosecutors say.

Orange County leaders seek to reduce inmate population, curb costs The panel was convened as the jail population, now receding, had surged ...

MIAMI (AP) — As Florida law enforcement agencies work with federal immigration officials, family members and immigrants’ rights advocates worry that people will disappear into county jail sys… ...