The security control and surveillance system at Franklin County Jail will undergo $2.4 million in upgrades to enhance safety for staff and inmates.

shows an opening inside a cell at the Orleans Justice Center in New Orleans. (AP Photo) This photo combo shows inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail, from left top: Keith A Lewis ...

They joked that my granddaughter had ‘took her first swim’ and proceeded to cut her umbilical cord inside a dirty prison cell.” Earlier this year, Ossoff introduced a bill that would require ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Two former Monroe County Jail deputies have pleaded guilty ... Denaro was accused of alerting inmates before cell searches, while Kujawa allowed inmates to fight without ...

But the new jail comes with a hefty price tag of more than $428 million. However, county leaders said consolidating by downsizing the number of cells and staff will save millions. Daniel Castle ...

Savannah, who is currently building up her many business endeavors amid her prison reform activism work, tells PEOPLE that her family is "ready" to "start getting back to normal life" Paul ...

If approved, the program will designate four adult prison facilities where at least 10% of the incarcerated population will be housed in single-occupancy cells. The measure passed the Assembly in ...

The Michener Art Museum's new garden exhibit follows the footprint of former jail cells. Three 6 x 11 garden beds line the space of three of the Bucks County Jail's former cells. Artist and ...

A grand opening for the museum is planned for 2 p.m. Saturday at the Newfane Common. Tours of the new museum, its 10 new exhibit rooms and the old jail cells will be offered from 2 to 5 p.m.

The jail cells were constructed with 12-foot ceilings to prevent escape attempts, but the inmates tried anyway.