The Ministry of Justice said this is the first time a direct link has been drawn between increased violence behind bars and the overcrowding crisis.

California's justice reforms have reduced the state prison population, ... accusing it of housing about 3,800 people in “overcrowded and understaffed jails,” subjecting people to ...

Overcrowded jails across the American landscape have adverse effects on prisoners that could even be fatal, psychology experts say. “Crowded conditions heighten the level of cognitive strain ...

Mayor Bill de Blasio’s promise to close the notorious Rikers Island jail made national news last month, but less-famous policymakers all over the country struggle with jail overcrowding on a ...

The North Bay and District Jail is “severely” overcrowded with three inmates to a cell, frequent facility lockdowns and high ...

The Quezon City Jail has always been packed, guards say, but recently the number of inmates has spiked. More than 4,000 inmates – and counting – live cheek by jowl in what has to be one of the ...

An overcrowded, deteriorating jail spurred a heated debate between metro Atlanta officials Wednesday about whether to send incarcerated people to other facilities, even as some experts say more ...

Overcrowded Jails Follow Immigration Crackdown The stepped up immigration enforcement policy of Prince William County, Va., allows local police officers to detain illegal immigrants However, ...

Some overcrowded North Carolina jails are receiving hundreds of thousands of dollars to take in state inmates. Ethan Hyman [email protected] A decade-old solution to overcrowding in state ...

West Virginia has long had a problem with overcrowding in its jails, and that problem hasn’t gone away. Overcrowding is a through-line in a class action lawsuit about conditions in the jails, a ...

Outsourcing jail cells. The number of Texas inmates who were housed outside of their county of arrest surged from 2,078 in June 2019 to 4,358 in June 2024, according to a Texas Tribune analysis.