BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio (WKRC) - Butler County officials are preparing to reopen an unused jail facility in Hamilton as an overflow option amid renewed attention to crowding concerns and the county’s ...

SAN ANTONIO — San Antonio leaders are pushing for a more comprehensive local approach to addressing overcrowded jails and mental health struggles among low-level offenders. During Wednesday’s B ...

A shift in official strategy at Boston's beleaguered "Mass. and Cass" neighborhood is pressuring people into addiction treatment, say health experts, who worry the new tactics will lead to more ...

The jail is one of two being demolished by Dan Gilbert's Bedrock real estate firm as part of a 2018 land deal. Bedrock acquired the jail sites in exchange for building the new Wayne County Criminal ...

Newly released Department of Justice documents show that investigators reviewing surveillance footage from the night of Jeffrey Epstein's death observed an orange-colored shape moving up a staircase ...

Over 500 Missourians deemed incompetent to stand trial are waiting in jail for mental health services. The waitlist for competency restoration treatment has more than doubled since July 2023.

Clinton County Sheriff David N. Favro, claimed in 2023 that Dustin Provost had declined medical treatment before his death. A state investigation found that correction officers had declined his pleas ...

The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health has been under fire for more than a year because inmates have been sitting in jail for months on end, waiting for mental health treatment. Tulsa County has ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The Fulton County Jail is still working to restore full operations after a water leak resulted in widespread flooding in the facility. On Sunday morning, FCSO said the jail lobby ...

Whatcom County Council members have decided that a planned center for mental health and substance abuse treatment will be built on Division Street in Bellingham, rather than at the site of the new ...

Correctional staff at a private Louisiana jail facility ignored a Houston man’s pleas for medical attention in the days leading up to his January 2025 death from an infection caused by strep throat, a ...

SIBLEY, Iowa (KIWA) - Those who’ve driven by the Osceola County Courthouse might have noticed a large building. This is the new Osceola County Jail. Osceola County Sheriff Kevin Wollmuth says he ...