Mellon Foundation to help other libraries develop similar services, according to the San Francisco Public Library. A report ...

A former Scott County sheriff’s deputy has filed suit against the sheriff and the Scott County attorney, saying he was fired ...

The most recent attempt to pass legislation that would create an independent statewide jail oversight body has faltered after facing opposition from law enforcement groups and city and county ...

Seattle lawmakers want to halt the construction of any new jail or detention center within city limits, a preemptive attack to prevent the federal government from opening new cells for people picked ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) allows the use of real-time, two-way audio/video communications technology to satisfy the direct supervision requirement for most Medicare Part B ...

The Immigration Detainee Dashboard provides information on people detained in Vermont jails on behalf of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Screenshot via ...

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump's border czar, Tom Homan, announced that 700 federal officers would be immediately withdrawn from Minneapolis following "unprecedented collaboration" between ...

Utah lawmakers are weighing a move that could reshape how the state runs its newest prison, with S.B. 93 poised to turn the current "direct supervision" and tiered-housing model from a legal ...

Stanley Richards is taking over as correction commissioner at an inflection point for the city’s jails. Mayor Zohran Mamdani also named Dr. Alister Martin to lead the health department. By Maia ...

The U.S. is rushing to move captured Islamic State fighters out of northeast Syria amid fears that tensions between pro-government forces and a Kurdish-led militia could lead to a security breakdown ...

Between 2021 and 2024, almost 100 individuals died in the custody of a municipal or county jail in Illinois, according to data from the Illinois Criminal Justice Information Authority. However, a ...

In 2019, the New York City Council and then-mayor Bill de Blasio set a deadline for closing the jail facilities on Rikers Island. As part of that plan, the council authorized the construction of four ...