Nicole Locke is one of three Durham County detention workers who face charges associated with a man being held in jail on a ...

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 ...

Kerwin Pittman made history as the first formerly incarcerated person in the nation to buy a prison and led a nonprofit to ...

A Jail Experiment season two is set in Pinal County Jail in Arizona, where Sheriff Ross Teeple's experiment gives inmates ...

Prisons, in general, are for people sentenced for more serious crimes. The sentences are usually longer, and can be up to life. Prison inmates can also be civilly committed for addiction or treatment, ...