Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. South Central Regional Jail in Charleston, West Virginia. (Photo by Lexi Browning/ West Virginia Watch) As federal judges have ...

Ontario Premier Doug Ford defended his government's plan to build many more jails, saying the billions in cost will be worth ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. San Antonio leaders are pushing for a more comprehensive local approach to addressing overcrowded jails and mental health ...

As federal judges have ruled that four immigrants were wrongly jailed in West Virginia, the state continues to hold hundreds of immigrant detainees in its overcrowded jails. U.S. District Judge Thomas ...

The Conservatives want to send prisoners abroad in a plan to deal with overcrowded jails. The radical plan is in the party’s election manifesto, which is being launched on Tuesday. Russell Findlay, ...

More than 7,800 men and women sit in Philadelphia's overcrowded jails, three-quarters of them languishing while they await trial under a bail system that critics call outmoded and that cities — and ...

The Jharkhand High Court has instructed the state to form a committee for establishing open correctional institutions (OCIs) following a Supreme Court directive. This move addresses overcrowded jails ...

New data shows the vast majority of the province's correctional facilities are operating with far more inmates than they were ...

The United Nations says 185 inmates died in Haiti last year — many of malnutrition-related diseases. This year, more than 20 have died so far. Human rights experts and attorneys expect the number to ...