A Pennsylvania jail is facing accusations it retaliated against inmates suspected of smoking synthetic marijuana by withholding necessities like toilet paper, soap and warm clothing. The suit also ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — People seeking copies of police and jail videos in Ohio may have to pay up to $750 per department if Gov. Mike DeWine signs a measure approved by the state Legislature.

BALTIMORE (AP) — A man has been sentenced to life without parole for fatally strangling his deaf cellmate while he was in Baltimore’s jail awaiting a murder trial. Thirty-five-year-old Gordon ...

She told him to call his grandmother, and to tell her “they’re taking me to jail because you decided to walk down the street.” How parents — and the law — define the word ‘missing ...

Four decades later, “A Huey Freeman Christmas,” a standout episode from the first season of “The Boondocks,” did the same. “The Boondocks,” Aaron McGruder’s satire about an aspiring ...