Suicide is a leading cause of death in American jails. According to federal data analyzed by the Marshall Project, nearly 900 people died by suicide in jails across the country during a recent ...

The director of Idaho's prison system has laid out plans to increase protections against sexual abuse of inmates and to increase accountability for those accused. The move comes after InvestigateWest ...

Salt Lake County may have given itself some breathing room by adding beds to its two detention centers this summer, but looming changes to overcrowding rules have jail officials feeling unsettled.

Sheriff Kelly Martinez is asking county supervisors to consider a new model of jail oversight: hiring a third-party expert to oversee the doctors, nurses and mental health providers who staff San ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — Sheriffs’ departments in east-central Iowa are having to adjust their approach to helping ...