Overpopulation was among the biggest concerns about jail safety raised by public officials and advocates earlier this year.

A man held at the Bibb County Jail died by suicide Wednesday, according to the Bibb County sheriff’s and coroner’s offices. He was booked in the jail a day prior, according to an online log of ...

An inmate died overnight at the Bibb County jail. Coroner Leon Jones says it was a suicide. We’re working to learn more about what happened. Suspect in $20M fraud ring operating in 45 states arrested: ...

New Orleans jail escapee Derrick Groves, who spent nearly five months on the run before being recaptured in Georgia, agreed to be returned to Louisiana during an appearance before a Fulton County ...

Deputies found 16-year-old Camron Williams fatally shot on Soldad Court. Williams was pronounced dead at the scene late Sunday night. Sheriff’s Office continues to investigate circumstances of the ...

Two more people died inside the Harris County Jail last week, bringing the total of in-custody deaths this year to 15, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. The sheriff’s office said that ...

Tyrese Gibson was booked into a Georgia jail early Friday, a week after he failed to turn himself in following an arrest warrant for cruelty to animals, police said. Gibson was released the same day ...