WRAL Investigates has covered issues for years at the Vance County Jail that now seem to be coming to a head with the escape ...

Hawaii spends about $112,000 a year, more than $300 a day, to lock up one person, more per inmate than nearly any other state in the nation. Nearly half of those released are back behind bars within ...

Idaho leads the nation with the highest rate of incarcerated women, driven by drug-related offenses.

Ken Calvert this week announced a bill to require prison time of at least one year for fraud involving between $1 million and ...

The boss at Indiana’s Department of Correction is now leading aggressive changes to improve safety. They could cost millions ...

UPDATE: JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones said the escaped detainee, Latoria Sample, was captured by ...

A prison has been forced to replace every cell door lock at a cost of £500,000 after a member of staff left the facility with a set of keys. The security breach at HMP Warren Hill, a Category C prison ...

Before a judge sentenced Kouri Richins for fatally poisoning her husband, the couple’s three young sons made their feelings clear. The boys wanted their mother to get life in prison.

The day after Fulton County commissioners decided to spend $1.2 billion on renovating the county jail and building a new facility next to it, Sheriff Patrick Labat called the decision “a political ...

Labour has announced plans for a major shake-up of the youth justice system.

The report has prompted a renewed concern by immigrant and inmate advocates about future plans for the property.