Among the stops on a tour Wednesday of the South Dakota State Penitentiary in Sioux Falls was a group shower, a location which the state Department of Corrections ...

The Clay County Sheriff’s Office says that they’re investigating the death of an inmate in the Clay County Detention Center.

Shawnee County is getting closer to launching a new program to help jail inmates in need of mental health care. Thursday ...

Jasmine was a beacon of light in the lives of all who knew her, always bringing warmth and kindness to her community,” a GoFundMe page said.

All Tammarisk Lyman had to do to get her kids back from the state of Kansas, her lawyer repeatedly told her in emails, was ...

Leavenworth residents are keeping a watchful eye on the former Leavenworth Detention Center building now that ownership has ...

Women at the California Institution for Women reported sexually abusive and “sadistic” behavior during gynecology exams ...

In a deal offered to the U.S. by El Salvador, American criminals could find themselves imprisoned thousands of miles from home in the small Central American country notorious for its harsh penal ...

A Hartford man was sentenced to four years in prison, followed by three years of supervised release after being convicted of ...

Kennedy’s adoptive mother, Chrystina Schroer, was arrested on suspicion of first-degree murder, aggravated kidnapping, four counts of child abuse, felony theft (value under $25,000), four counts of ...

El Salvador has offered to take in people deported from the U.S. for entering the country illegally and to house some of the ...

Gerald Dwayne Hudson, 31, was given a seven-year prison sentence but will get 72 days of credit according to court documents.