The announcement at a Texas Commission on Jail Standards meeting in Austin on Thursday morning was met with applause from the ...

Though commissioners recognized the county jail's improvements and efforts to reduce the total inmate population, its ...

New allegations are detailed in a lawsuit claiming a Houston man was beaten to death by guards in a private Louisiana jail.

SPALDING COUNTY, Ga. — An inmate who escaped a work detail in Spalding County on Wednesday afternoon was apprehended after a search that lasted several hours and into a different county. Spalding ...

A woman was allegedly shot by her ex-boyfriend in the 2200 block of Mason Road. The man allegedly then drove to a gas station and shot himself. The woman was taken to the hospital, and the man is dead ...

ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - An inmate at the DeKalb County Jail died after having a medical emergency Tuesday, the sheriff’s office said. Rodney Garrick, 59, of Lithonia, was found ...

A state inmate housed at the Lafayette County Detention Center was pronounced dead early Wednesday after being found unresponsive in his cell, officials said. According to a news release, deputies ...

“We are weighing some sort of legal action in order to put a stop to some of the unconstitutional actions that we’ve seen and heard about,” Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris said. Bill Dries covers city ...

CLAYTON COUNTY, Ga. — The search for a missing 6-month-old baby entered its third day Tuesday in Clayton County, after police the day before named the father a suspect in his disappearance. Police ...

David Emsley Wheeles The Carroll County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that David Emsley Wheeles was taken into custody in the Villa Rosa Road area on Tuesday morning. CARROLL COUNTY, Ga. — A Georgia ...