An inmate who tried to escape from the Volusia County Branch Jail early on the morning of Aug. 28 was quickly apprehended. The inmate tried to flee on the jail grounds while being transported for a ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — A Blair County inmate with three cases against him had his preliminary hearings held in absentia at the Blair County Courthouse on Thursday after his repeated refusals to participate ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) – The chief psychiatrist for the Ohio prison system says that Alabama fails to spot mental illness in many inmates and lacks the staff to effectively treat those who are ...

Sacramento County’s housing and handling of inmates is in violation of federal law and an agreement to improve mental-health and medical conditions for inmates, a civil grand jury found. Federal law ...