An Oklahoma County jail inmate confessed to beating his cellmate to death in April and said afterward he was proud of himself, a jail trust investigator reported in a court affidavit.. The 20-year ...

At 8:30 a.m., the inmates' disappearance was discovered during a routine head count, and the jail's leadership was told of the escape at 8:35 a.m., according to the sheriff's office.

A week after 10 inmates at a New Orleans jail escaped through a hole in a wall behind a toilet, half of them are still on the run and at least four people have been charged with helping them.

The massive manhunt for inmates who broke out of a New Orleans jail on May 16 is ongoing. Here's what to know about the remaining escapees.

Nearly every day in Santa Fe, N.M., people released from jail trudge along a dangerous highway to get back to town. Jails often fail to offer safe transport options for prisoners.

An Oklahoma County jail inmate confessed to beating his cellmate to death in April and said afterward he was proud of himself, a jail trust investigator reported in a court affidavit.. The 20-year ...