A $1 million overhaul created a secure area that centralizes care and frees up deputies to return more quickly to the jails.

The Chesapeake City Jail agreed in late May to become a temporary holding facility for immigration enforcement authorities.

Spokane County taps MEDIKO Correctional Healthcare to revamp jail care amid scrutiny, promising expanded services and opioid ...

An investigation into nearly 100 Illinois jail cases shows repeated medical failures that left people injured, suffering or ...

Under pressure from consent decrees, lawsuits and grand jury recommendations, Southern California counties take measures to improve treatment of inmates.

Mary Brucato, 23, died of medical neglect while in the throes of fentanyl withdrawal as jail staff allegedly watched her ...

A 31-year-old woman from Bonney Lake died at the Pierce County Jail on Friday, with the cause of her death yet to be ...

The 31-year-old Bonney Lake woman was pronounced dead Dec. 12, two days after the police arrested her in Puyallup.

A regional jail diversion program was eliminated as part of a broader effort to centralize and standardize mental health care across the state.

An 18-year-old inmate was mistakenly released from the Bexar County jail after a mix-up with his juvenile records, including a conviction for murder. Angel David Salas was re-arrested around 9:25 p.m.

Hardy Toll Road. The post, which included an OCR transcript of booking details, identified the pedestrian as Marcus Robinson and listed his date of birth as April 14, 1989. Precinct 4 wrote that ...

Essie Ward was found unresponsive in her cell at 9:30 a.m. on April 3. But an autopsy found that she had been dead for 18-24 ...