Joseph Mendoza’s death at Salinas Valley State Prison was posted on social media. Lawyers say CDCR staff leaked it.

The Sacramento County Sheriff's Office said it uncovered a large-scale illegal marijuana "pop-up" sales operation that was being run out of a private home on Bar Du Lane. Deputies say the primary ...

This searchable database created by the Southern California News Group contains details about every jail death in the region ...

An inmate who touched off a massive search when he escaped from an Atlanta hospital and allegedly stole a car with a handgun inside it has been captured, authorities ...

Locked in a segregation cell at a county jail in Oklahoma, Terral Ellis Jr. begged for his inhaler, his voice raspy and desperate. “I think I’m dying,” the 26-year-old father pleaded through the door.

Two more inmates died inside the Harris County Jail this week, according to a spokesperson for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office, bringing the jail’s in-custody death total to 18 this year. The ...

Sacramento County deputies located an at-risk 11-year-old boy with autism hours after he was reported missing on Monday.The sheriff's office said the boy was last seen between 4:30 and 5 p.m. in a ...

One prisoner has earned a six-figure salary as Maine is one of the few states to let incarcerated people work remote jobs for outside companies. NBC News’ Valerie Castro reports that other states are ...

Brian Howey, Mukta Joshi and Nate Rosenfield are reporters for Mississippi Today. They examined the power of sheriffs' offices as part of The New York Times’s Local Investigations Fellowship. This ...

Maine is one of the few states to let incarcerated people work remote jobs for outside companies. 45 prisoners have already been hired in roles like software engineering and grant writing. NBC News’ ...

High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top. By Brian HoweyMukta Joshi ...