The Butler County Jail has faced accusations about overcrowding, which the sheriff and state corrections agency deny.

The ACLU released the 30-plus page report released on Tuesday morning.

The ACLU of Georgia has released a report showing that overcrowding at the Fulton County Jail remains a dangerous crisis, with systemic drivers such as misdemeanor detention and money bail ...

Tamera Hutcherson is a Dallas-based community organizer who previously worked for the Texas Jail Project. She has written the op-ed below regarding Proposition 3, one of the 17 propositions on the Nov ...

Detainees in a Cottonwood Falls jail describe sleeping on the floor in overcapacity cells. Amid a national deportation surge, this jail is one of the region’s primary immigration detention centers.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Proposition 3 passed in November. The state constitutional amendment requires judges to deny bail to people accused of murder, human trafficking, or sexual assault if a judge ...

A fortnight into her new job as governor of an overcrowded, understaffed jail, Sharanne Findlay faced what she described as the worst week of her career. Angry prisoners at HMP Glenochil in ...

Across Arkansas, folks hear from Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders that a new mega prison will solve county jail overcrowding. Sounds simple: more prison beds and get tough on crime. It's not that simple.

The head of Indianapolis' police union has proposed that Marion County solve jail overcrowding by filling unoccupied beds already in the detention facility. "Solutions exist. Fix it," Fraternal Order ...

LINCOLN, Neb. (Nebraska Examiner) - Nebraska has the country’s most or second most overcrowded prison system, depending on who you ask. Inspector General of the Nebraska Correctional System Doug ...

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