The Cuyahoga County jail has been called one of the worst jails in America, a title it earned following a scathing investigation by the U.S. Marshals Service amid a rash of deaths seven years ago. The ...

With time running out in the 2024 New York State legislative session, lawmakers in Albany should act to address the crisis on Rikers and other jails across the state. New Yorkers, particularly those ...

Jail officials in some of Texas' biggest counties say the state isn't picking up convicted prisoners fast enough, leaving them in county custody for too long and taking up valuable bed space. Most ...

For years, Cuyahoga County has offered little help to people before releasing them from one of the worst jails in Ohio. That will end next month. A revamped reentry program to assist people as they ...

When people who rely on psychiatric medication are booked into a San Diego County jail, they are forbidden to bring their prescriptions with them, leaving them to decompensate as they go days or weeks ...