A new problem related to Baton Rouge's jail is mounting beyond its decrepit conditions: Its rising cost to taxpayers.

FILE - Rep. LaMonica McIver, D-N.J., demands the release of Newark Mayor Ras Baraka after his arrest while protesting outside Delaney Hall ICE detention facility, Friday, May 9, 2025, in Newark, N.J.

The Kentucky Executive Branch Ethics Commission on Wednesday fined a former juvenile justice guard $5,000 for engaging in ...

Pennsylvania middle school teacher Ashley Autumn Mongell is allegedly a bit of a kidder. Mongell, 30, now faces up to seven years in prison for allegedly sending nudes to a 14-year-old boy. Cops say ...

Dallas County announced the hiring of H. Lynn Hadnot in January as Executive Director of the Juvenile Department. He came ...

The North Lake Processing Center in west Michigan has only been open a little more than a month, but it already houses more immigrants detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement than the rest of ...

Elena Bardin, a former teacher at the state’s juvenile detention center in Adair County, had a relationship with a teen ...

Elena Bardin is charged with having an illegal relationship with a student in a detention facility and soliciting him to ...

Jos Avila and his sons, Isaac (left) and Jeremiah (middle), attend service at their Houston church in June. Jos is a devout Christian, finding solace in his faith while his wife was detained. (Lexi ...

Margarita Avila, a Houston mother of nine, was detained by ICE after an altercation that led to no charges. Her close-knit family weigh their futures if she is deported. Sign up for The Brief, The ...

A 15-year-old housed at Milwaukee County's Vel R. Phillips Juvenile Justice Center had his fingertip amputated following a use-of-force incident earlier this year, according to a new legal filing. On ...

MISSION, Kan. (AP) — The death of a Kansas inmate following a struggle with jail staff has been ruled a homicide and the case referred to prosecutors to determine whether to file charges, authorities ...