Current and former employees at Jefferson City Correctional Center say the shortage is causing unrest. They blame the state’s ...

A lawsuit claims the prison food company is cutting institutional meals to force incarcerated people to purchase costly food ...

Federal agents tossed tear gas canisters, released pepper spray and fired pepper balls at protesters, journalists and other ...

More than 30 people with dangerous but treatable ailments — infections, obstructed bowels and asthma attacks — died in the ...

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The newly appointed federal receiver has asked the county’s district attorney to move more cases, while the DA has asked the ...

Amid rising ICE arrests, volunteers provide aid — a meal, a bed, gas money — to anyone visiting someone detained in remote ...

Recent legal changes, a Trump-friendly governor and a large immigration detention infrastructure could make the New Orleans ...

A Marshall Project - Cleveland investigation has prompted city officials to stop issuing parking citations that, for years, ...

When corrections officials aren’t forthcoming with records, coroners can offer families the details needed to find closure or ...

The United States is experiencing historic drops in crime across almost all categories, including murder, burglary and motor vehicle theft. But crime statistics don’t necessarily change how safe ...

As we approach the end of 2025, I’m reminded of the challenges many News Inside readers have shared with me this year — from the strike in New York to the lack of prison jobs in North Dakota — issues ...