The man convicted in 2018 of the rape and murder of 8-year-old Cherish Perrywinkle -- in one of Jacksonville’s most ...

A US federal judge on Wednesday ordered the unsealing of grand jury records on Jeffrey Epstein, in the latest move by a court to release documents related to the convicted ...

Records on more than 6,700 people housed in the Everglades detention center since it opened reveal Gov. Ron DeSantis’ claim ...

The primary election is coming up fast, and there will be several competitive races for the North Carolina House and Senate.

The torturous methods allegedly used at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” echo one of the most horrific abuses carried out by ...

More than two decades ago, the Supreme Court handed down a landmark decision prohibiting the execution of people with ...

There’s an internal tension to sanctuary policies. There’s this broader sanctuary movement that’s been around since roughly 1980, which came about largely in response to U.S. involvement in Central ...

Officials in Louisiana say two inmates accused of violent crimes are on the run after escaping from jail by removing pieces ...

Liberty County deputies are getting ready to move into a new sheriff’s office and are also opening a new jail.

More than 450 people were arrested by ICE at the Benton County Jail from Jan. 1 through Oct. 15, according to ICE arrest data from the University of California Berkeley Deportation Data Project ...

As Common Dreams has reported, many of the people detained at the facilities have been arbitrarily rounded up by immigration ...

Luzerne County’s prison system remains the top departmental expense in the proposed 2026 budget, as it has been for many years.