Three of the people interviewed for a study exploring the true cost of incarceration recently shared their stories with the.

A MAN IN ALBUQUERQUE IS BEHIND BARS AFTER ALLEGEDLY STABBING AN EIGHT-YEAR-OLD CHILD IN THE NECK WITH A BROKEN BOTTLE ... 24-year-old man has been held in jail without bond on multiple charges ...

A maintenance worker has been arrested after allegedly turning off water to a toilet covering a hole in a cell wall - allowing 10 prisoners to escape jail on ... yanked open a broken cell door ...

After removing a toilet and sink from a cell where the water supply had been turned off, the inmates cut steel bars ... the jail had “defective locks and doors.” The inmates had broken open ...

During what was supposed to be a routine traffic stop, police discovered an open cigarette package with a clear plastic bag ...

The three men cut through half-inch steel bars, traveled through ... contracts to fix broken doors, replace locks and address other infrastructure issues at the jail. The facility housed several ...

The Texas House on Monday approved a series of restrictive bail measures long sought by Gov. Greg Abbott, likely assuring the ...

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It has been 11 days since Fabian Schmidt, a green-card holder and German National, who calls Nashua home, was released from the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, after spending two ...