When you think of a prison town, you probably think of a place like Huntsville, Texas. Or maybe Forrest City, Ark. Or Susanville, Calif. Even if you don’t know them by name, you know the type: places ...

The morning update to the New York City jail support Signal channel arrived at about 10 a.m. on June 7, soon after Mayor Bill DeBlasio had announced an end to the 8 p.m. curfew he’d imposed days ...

A report from the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics reveals new information about the more than 663,000 people held in custody in local jails across the country as of the first six ...