Authorities conducted a contraband sweep in Yuba County Jail, finding weapons and drugs. The operation involved jail staff ...

Over 1,100 California inmates have worked around the clock to help fight Los Angeles-area fires that have killed at least 25 ...

The city of Durango has filed a lawsuit against La Plata County Sheriff Sean Smith for refusing to house municipal offenders ...

Inmate firefighters responding to the ongoing Los Angeles fires and working 24-hour shifts are earning $26.90 per day, ...

Two women overdosed in the La Plata County Jail on Sunday morning after taking what jail staff members suspect was fentanyl ...

Federal investigators found in a scathing report this week that a large jail in South Carolina vastly underreports the violence occurring behind its walls and lets dozens of ...

The role of inmate firefighters is in the spotlight as crews continue to battle the blazes in Southern California.

Using inmate labor to fight fires has been a practice in California since the 1940s. Where did it start and what do participants actually do and get paid?

County jails may be able to improve access to medical care and lower death rates behind bars through healthcare accreditation ...

One person died from a suspected overdose and two others were hospitalized, disrupting a murder trial and other court ...

Court records filed Tuesday provided new details on how one man beat another man to death at the Racine County Jail on Dec.