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Linda Pollock, chief executive of the Scottish Prison Service, said it was an example of 'bubbling tension' caused by ...

Several prison officers sustained minor injuries as they struggled to main control.

Wouldn’t it be a nice surprise if the Erie County jail system were singled out as one of the five best in the state? Instead, a new report, titled “The Worst Offenders. Report: The Most Problematic ...

The Trump Administration claims Minnesota jails and prisons are releasing the "worst of the worst" instead of allowing ICE to immediately detain them for deportation. But many of the detainees ...

The United States has almost 2 million people behind bars in prisons, jails and detention centers – the largest such population in any country. Although incarcerated people are locked away from the ...

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The Cuyahoga County jail has been called one of the worst jails in America, a title it earned following a scathing investigation by the U.S. Marshals Service amid a rash of deaths seven years ago. The ...