A convicted child rapist escaped jail because of the overcrowding crisis in Britain's prisons, it emerged today - with a judge admitting that time behind bars would have been 'virtually inevitable ...

This version has been updated. A Jan. 6 rioter who was convicted of assaulting police with a deadly weapon was sentenced to spend his weekends in jail for the next year, one of the lightest ...

MONETA — As summer comes to a close at Smith Mountain Lake, the algal blooms that plagued the waters last year have not returned, to the relief of many residents and businesses on the shore.

By Aimee Ortiz A former employee of a Mississippi jail has been charged with helping in the escape of an inmate who was later found barricaded last week inside a Chicago restaurant less than a ...

Some prisoners released early this week have already been recalled to jail, with the first convict being sent back only lasting 36 hours on the outside. Throughout Tuesday the Government ...

Either way, you hope to not end up in either one. Sadistic guards in movies have long been one of the reasons it's clear you don't end up in jail, even - or maybe especially - as a juvenile.

NEW ORLEANS — In June, 18-year-old Marvell Smith arrived at the Orleans Justice Center, anxious and overwhelmed, to await his day in trial in the notorious jail. Staff brought him up on an ...

Probation detainers are forcing tens of thousands of people to remain in jail indefinitely. In February 2022, Damon Jones, then 23, was pulled over while he was driving in Allegheny County ...

HIGHPOINT, Fla. — The Pinellas County Jail is meant to hold 3,000 people, but right now, they are over capacity. The sheriff supports HB 1627 but said a couple of tweaks are needed to fix the ...

Yes, that’s true, but a mountain lion that attacks a human. … We don’t have mountain lion jail,” said Beth Pratt, the California regional executive director of the National Wildlife ...