Carol Hui has served waffles, raised her children and embraced the small town of Kennett, Mo. Her detention and pending ...

Grant Hardin is serving decades-long sentences for rape and murder and was the former police chief Gateway, Arkansas. Hardin ...

Jails in Cleveland and other cities don’t provide direct access to sunlight and fresh air – even when their own policies require it.

A lawsuit in San Francisco suggests forcing detainees to live in the dark could violate their constitutional rights. This ...

When Darnell Rusan saw the sun for the first time in over a year, during a transfer from the city jail to the courthouse, he ...

As cash-strapped jails rush in for ICE contracts, one man’s death shows the complexity and risk of detaining immigrants.

Seven inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail over the weekend remain at large, with the FBI and other agencies offering ...

Storm victims in Kentucky and Missouri are digging through tornado-stricken neighborhoods and clearing debris after severe weather swept through parts of the Midwest and South, leaving more than two ...

It’s easy to see why the city wants to avoid lawsuits over police misconduct. But a policy of dropping charges only if a ...

On Nov. 29, 2022, Ricardo Mathews — son of legendary funk singer Rick James — was serving time in Kern Valley State Prison in ...