jails

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is being asked to order the release of some inmates from county jails to help reduce the spread of the new virus

Watch as a 42-year-old female inmate in Ohio falls through the ceiling while trying to escape from jail.

More than two dozen correctional officers in Baltimore were charged Tuesday with using excessive force on prisoners at state-operated jails in a city plagued by decades of institutional corruption, inside and outside jailhouse walls. The 25 indicted officers are accused of assaulting and threatening detainees at correctional facilities, tampering with evidence and falsifying documents, said Baltimore City State’s Attorney Marilyn…