Judge Cicconetti had a woman choose between 30 days in jail or walking 30 miles. — -- For this judge, justice is best served unconventionally. From making a man wear a chicken suit to having a woman get sprayed in the face by what she thought was ...

The letter looked innocent at first glance, but actually contained a secret code ordering a hit on a jail staff member.

Activist Zoe Rosenberg was released today, half-way through a jail sentence but the cause she represents continues to be divisive.

Mahendra Patel sat inside a Georgia jail asking himself how could what he perceived to be an innocent exchange between two strangers at Walmart store turn into felony charges for him.

A jury recently awarded $250,000 to a man who was stabbed, beaten and scalded with a hot liquid inside a Catahoula Parish jail after he proved that state prison officials failed to implement safety measures to protect inmates from attacks by other prisoners.

Several prominent social-media influencers on Monday circulated a video — claiming it came from the Department of Justice — that

A Tarrant County Jail inmate has died after she was found unresponsive in her cell, officials say. TARRANT COUNTY, Texas — A Tarrant County Jail inmate died Sunday after being found unresponsive in her cell, officials say.

MARQUETTE — Mackinac County Sheriff Edward M. Wilk is warning residents of scammers who use the phone asking those receiving calls to pay bond for an inmate. “Sheriff Wilk would like to remind everyone that no law enforcement personnel will call and demand payment over the phone for release of any of our inmates or