BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Ever wondered where inmates are taken for certain charges? Or the difference between jail and prison? There are two types of detention for lawbreakers and people accused ...

A life-threatening condition called sepsis kills hundreds of people in American jails and prisons each year, a USA TODAY investigation has found, but inmates with a history of drug use are at ...

An inmate says that no one wanted to listen when he tried repeatedly to confess to a crime at a facility known for violence.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Although South Dakota ranked 16th in terms of the rate of incarceration based on 2020 numbers, the prison inmate population grew from 2021 to 2022, the state said in a ...