A storm that hit Calera on Saturday night destroyed a mobile home and forced a family to spend the night in a former jail cell. "Just minutes after we left the trailer, it was hit, just that quick," ...

The bill would have created a state council to monitor jail conditions. It failed to progress last month amid opposition from ...

Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar and his team face mounting criticism about the jail. During a tour, they showed how they're working to make fixes.

Much of Striegel’s mobile home was blown apart shortly after he and his daughter evacuated to a neighbor’s basement ... former jail cells. “I couldn’t get no rest in a jail cell.

Following an emotional hearing, Berks County judge hands down a three- to 10-year sentence for 29-year-old Moshe Notis ...

Fritzl, serving life for keeping a secret family of seven children in his basement, has previously ... his family around him when he comes out of prison. “It is not quite clear to me yet why ...

Nathaniel Morton, left, stands with his lawyer, Mark J. Fonte, at the defense table during Morton's arraignment in state ...

pledged in the agreement to permanently close the Garfield County Jail. Lara, 36, died by suicide in April 2022 while alone in his cell, located in the deteriorating basement of the Garfield ...

the county jail’s dungeon was located below ground in a cold basement. In 1908, the cell had five inches of padding added to its four walls and floor and was put in as sanitary condition as ...

What would we have done if we had 50 or 100 families like that?’’ the chief said. “There’s definitely a gap there that needs ...