Dozens of protesters gathered to fight the sale of Union County's 1,000-bed jail as local lawmakers warn of the "serious risk ...

Prisoners' Legal Services said the sheriff’s office is denying treatment to “nearly everyone” with hepatitis C in Essex ...

A prisoner advocacy group has filed a federal lawsuit against Essex County Sheriff Kevin Coppinger, alleging that he is ...

PLATTSBURGH — County sheriffs in the region have concerns about the cost of housing an increased number of inmates as the state attempts to deal with staffing shortages at state correctional ...

Internal polls can drive people bonkers, not that there’s anything wrong with that. An internal poll conducted for Ras Baraka ...

The commissioners voted 6-3 at their March 27 meeting to solicit bids to sell off part of the Union County ... jail to a private prison company that will operate it as an immigrant detention facility.

As part of this new initiative, called Public Safety 2.0, the sheriff's office has opened a resource center in Barnstable ...