Sheriff Thomas Tuggle says claims by a local news website that DeSoto County Sheriff's Office is under investigation by Mississippi Department of Public Safety for not properly notifying them of ...

The sheriff's office, bail reform advocates and public defenders all had different explanations for why the overcrowding had gotten to this level.

A 17-year-old boy accused of making bomb threats was in jail with adults on Thursday morning in Miami-Dade County.

Eight years before a jury sentenced him to death for two murders and he confessed to three more, Michael Bell spent time at a ...

On Wednesday, attorneys announced that 17 additional victims have new claims of sexual abuse including three previously ...

Five teenagers have been charged with assault after attacking and breaking the jaw of a transgender girl housed in a boys’ unit at D.C.’s Youth Services Center.

California's top prosecutor said Wednesday he has asked a court to give the state control of Los Angeles County’s troubled ...

Dr. George Woods is a neuropsychiatry specialist in California who offered expert testimony in the 2010 case of another death ...

KCSO is set to take over the juvenile detention center months after the death of an adult inmate at the Knox County jail. The man was beaten by jail staffers who did not recognize he was suffering ...

A staff member at the Okeechobee County Juvenile Detention Facility is accused of accepting Cash App payments for marijuana ...

Do we just need more space or less detention? Different views on the way forward as police and justice activists seek solutions.