A female inmate was found dead in a jail cell this month, the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office said Thursday. Deputy Coroner Al Lonzo said Amber Knepshield, 32, was pronounced dead at 12:22 a.m.

The Chesterfield facility will replace a prison plagued by abuse and controversy, even as legal battles over past misconduct ...

By the time anyone at the Milwaukee County Jail noticed Shade Swayzer had given birth alone in a filthy cell, her baby was dead.

“They are in their cells with no purposeful activity and watching the officers ... I am five years older now and still don’t ...

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) -- El Paso County Sheriff's Office (EPSO) reports that a 33-year-old female was found unresponsive in her jail cell at around 5:38 a.m. on Aug 8. EPSO says deputies and ...

A 34-year-old San Jose woman was charged with second-degree murder this week for the death of a San Mateo County jail inmate ...

Katie can still remember the ­moment she realised she was being placed in a cell with South Australia’s most notorious ...