The state's prison capacity problem has worsened over the last year, with hundreds of inmates waiting in county jails for a ...

The prison warden circulated a note to inmates asking for suggestions on the kind of party they'd recommend for his 25th ...

Gage Walter cycled through jails and mental health and drug treatment facilities for nearly a decade. Then he killed his ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The fallout around the Shelby County Jail continues as the company that provides medical care for the inmates announced they filed for bankruptcy in another state. It is the ...

The Mississippi Department of Corrections has announced the capture of a convicted killer who escaped on Christmas Eve.

Credit: Shelby Tauber for The Texas Tribune Some ... s death in a Louisiana prison that houses hundreds of Harris County inmates awaiting trial. Read Pooja's follow-up story, with photos from ...

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office will not be ceding supervision of the Youth Justice and Education Center to Shelby County Juvenile Court by midnight Tuesday, despite a letter and signed ...

Memphis and Shelby County had three elections in 2024, a presidential preference and primary in February, a state and federal primary and countywide general election in August and the general and ...