On any given night, about 16,500 people are held in Ohio's 89 jails and jailers book about 300,000 people each year - though ...

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says El Salvador’s president “has agreed to the most unprecedented, extraordinary, ...

Before an Auburn man was sentenced to prison Thursday for raping a minor, he heard a message from the victim. Weston R. Rhodes, 30, was sentenced in Cayuga County ... [email protected].

Lee County deputies are searching for a Lehigh Acres woman accused of violating probation following her fourth arrest for driving under the influence.

School voucher advocates say it's a civil rights issue, while critics warn the programs elsewhere have led to significant ...

A corrections officer from the St. Louis Justice Center, also knows as is the city jail, is taken from the ... conditioning units after the cooling system had gone out during a sweltering summer.

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SIOUX CITY — The Woodbury County Board of Supervisors made two moves on Tuesday to progress with the planned demolition of the downtown county jail. The board of supervisors unanimously ...

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — An Albany woman was sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for second-degree murder after fatally stabbing a man in 2023, Albany County District Attorney Lee C.

In Texas, county jails are run by the local sheriff's office. The El Paso County jail system has a total capacity for up to 2,800 inmates at the Downtown jail and the Jail Annex on the far East Side.

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Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan has been given a 14-year jail sentence in a land corruption case, officials and his lawyer have said. The verdict in the case followed allegations of ...