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What does shortage of Travis County Jail officers mean for incarcerated people?
Gannett via AOL· 2 days agoBut the staffing shortage has persisted as the jail population rebounds to prepandemic levels. In...
Officials assess options as Allen County Jail population continues to be over capacity
Fort Wayne Journal Gazette· 2 days agoJail’s overcrowding while the new facility’s construction is stalled, the sheriff said Wednesday....
New data shows how long some Lehigh County jail inmates spend in isolation
The Morning Call· 2 days agoInmates segregated from the rest of the Lehigh County Jail population for disciplinary reasons spent...
Richland County jail’s juvenile wing to close after unanimous council vote
The State via Yahoo News· 20 hours agoJustice say they were caught unawares by the county’s plan. County officials maintain that closing...
Jail time for leaving gun in an unlocked car? Cities nudge states on firearm laws.
The Christian Science Monitor· 12 hours agoIn April, Savannah’s City Council unanimously passed an ordinance making it illegal to store a gun...
Ohio jails house about 300,000 people a year. How does the system work?
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 6 days agoWho is in jail? A national survey by the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics found that in 2021 ...
Replacing troubled D.C. jail will take at least 10 years, new plans show
Washington Post· 2 days agoPlans for a new D.C. jail complex cast by corrections leaders as an ambitious, overdue effort to transform a troubled facility into a rehabilitative space would take at least ...
'I really want to know.' Family seeks answers in death at Stark County Jail
The Repository via Yahoo News· 7 days agoNot the morning briefings that tell jail staff which inmates must be kept apart from each other. Not...
Wisconsin warden jailed hours before news conference on prison death investigations - WTOP News
WTOP Washington· 3 days agoThe warden of a maximum-security prison in Wisconsin was jailed on Wednesday hours before a...
Israeli forces bombard central and southern Gaza as tanks advance in Rafah
The Independent via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoThousands more are feared buried dead under rubble, with most of the 2.3 million population...