Grant to boost Rutherford Co. Detention Center safety with much-needed renovations

State funding will drive changes at the Rutherford Co. Detention Center that leaders say will make it safer and better ...
City Limits

In Debate Over New Jail, City Says An Aim Is To Prevent Violence

Every day about 200 new inmates arrive from courthouses across New York City to be booked into Rikers Island. Generally within 24 hours, they undergo a process that can have life-and-death ...
The Gazette

A jail death in Denver raises questions about intake policies — and how a man with a violent history kept getting released early

FILE PHOTO: The Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center, also known as the Denver Downtown Detention Center. A Denver Sheriff’s Deputy was suspended for 18 days for hitting an inmate in the head. On June 30 ...

9 inmate deaths already this year bring renewed scrutiny of L.A. County jail conditions

Facing a pending lawsuit from the California Attorney General's office over dire conditions in the jail system, officials at ...