MACON, Ga. — Macon-Bibb County Mayor Lester Miller says the county has met its goal of moving about 150 people out of the Bibb County jail through electronic monitoring, faster court cases and ...

Officials say the goal of moving about 150 inmates out of the jail has been met, but overcrowding remains due to slow indictments and inmate transfer delays.

Mo Ivory, a commissioner in Fulton County, is helping address overcrowding in local jails by bailing out three people a year.

Former ANC Chief Whip, Tony Yengeni was sentenced to four years in prison in 2003 for defrauding Parliament. He pleaded guilty to fraud in terms of a plea agreement. The charges related to a 47% ...

Andrew Jarecki, co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary “The Alabama Solution,” appeared on “The Tonight Show with ...

The committee is recommending running a $175 million bond issued over the next 20 years, along with a $20 million mill levy ...

Overcrowding, medical neglect and malnutrition are regular features of Camp East Montana in El Paso ...

After years of tacitly accepting problems at the Bexar County Adult Detention Center, multiple failures of state inspections and study after study offering tangible solutions, it is well past time for ...

The calls to 911 poured in from staff at Camp East Montana, the nation's largest U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility, in its first months of operation in El Paso, Texas.

Serious medical and mental health emergencies have been routine at the nation’s largest U.S. Immigration and Customs ...

Louisville Metro Corrections will reassign staff to floor security to reduce mandatory overtime and stem officer burnout.