Understaffing, outdated facilities and poor management have led to filthy conditions in jails in St. Louis, Cleveland and ...

Community advocates and surviving family members also want the sheriff to step aside in two other death investigations ...

Every year, thousands of people die in prisons and jails across the country. In Philadelphia, the officials running the ...

The case against Robert Roberson, whose execution is scheduled for Oct. 16, is the latest to raise questions about a ...

It’s a good time to be an American-born criminal,” said one expert, as ICE’s dragnet now includes thousands of agents from ...

As a kid, Joseph Wilson was sexually exploited by someone who was supposed to take care of him. The trial of Sean “Diddy” ...

After a family member passes away in prison or jail, people are often left with basic questions. To get answers, they have to ...

Amid a decade-long court battle, control of Hinds County’s Raymond Detention Center — severely understaffed and rife with ...

The outlets are honored for their series on unsolved homicides by St. Louis Police Department, victims and families without ...

Hinds County’s long-troubled Raymond Detention Center is now under the control of a court-appointed receiver. Wendell M.

Officials said Tasha Grant’s heart stopped from the restraint. A special prosecutor is reviewing the actions of hospital ...

In 1938, as the Great Depression was winding down, a Texas radio station began airing “Thirty Minutes Behind the Walls,” a variety show broadcast every Wednesday night from the state prison in ...