Detroit — Demolition of the former Wayne County Jail is underway as part of a planned redevelopment of the area east of Greektown into a life sciences district. Crews began razing the former jail, ...

A routine facility check at a county jail just east of Atlanta on Monday morning suddenly turned into a manhunt after officials discovered three men, all accused of violent crimes, had escaped the ...

A manhunt is under way in Georgia for three detainees, including a man convicted of murder, who escaped from an Atlanta-area jail Monday morning. “We take this breach very seriously and are working ...

Three inmates — including one who was being held on a murder charge — have escaped from a county jail just east of Atlanta, authorities said. The breakout happened early Monday morning at the DeKalb ...

A 40-year-old Tarrant County Jail inmate died Sunday, according to the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office. The woman was found unresponsive in her cell. Lifesaving measures were administered by medical ...

TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — A Tarrant County Jail inmate died Sunday after being found unresponsive in her cell, officials say. Officials say life-saving measures were administered by medical personnel ...

Nick Reiner is being held in America’s largest mental health jail, which is notorious for its rat-infested and urine-soaked “inhumane” conditions — a far cry from the Brentwood mansion he lived in ...

Drug overdoses are suspected in the Monday deaths of two Spokane County Jail inmates, according to the county government’s spokesperson. Officials are investigating the deaths and how drugs were ...

ATLANTA — Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat says a fire inside Fulton County Jail sent nine people to the hospital on Friday night. The sheriff confirmed that five detainees and four sheriff’s office ...

CHARLESTON — The coroner’s office has labeled a young woman’s death inside the jail a homicide, stating she died from complications of fentanyl, recent cocaine use and medical neglect. Mary Brucato, ...

The last of three inmates who escaped a St. Landry Parish, Louisiana, jail after removing mortar and concrete blocks from a jail wall has been captured more than two weeks after escaping, authorities ...

MEIGS COUNTY, Tenn — The Meigs County Jail was decertified on Wednesday afternoon after state officials determined that recently approved repair plans would not bring the facility up to minimum ...