In the 1990s, as New York City’s crime rate climbed, the NYPD turned to statistics—creating CompStat—to predict patterns and better fight crime. In 2015, as violence has surged in New York City’s ...

The Arkansas Supreme Court has rejected the appeal of an Arkansas prison inmate who had contended that prison officials refused to restore his inmate classification and he was denied entrance into a ...

Jeff Hall is an inmate at California State Prison, Solano, in Vacaville. He was sentenced to life without parole for a murder he committed in Santa Clara when he was 18. He entered the prison system ...

Federal inmates who have been denied relocation to a lower security facility have the right to challenge the denial via a habeas corpus application, a legal remedy available to individuals who believe ...

Orleans Parish jail staff are now asking arrestees booked into the facility questions to determine whether they are vulnerable to sexual assault, Sheriff's Office leaders said Thursday. The change to ...

Western Australia Attorney-General Jim McGinty has told an inquiry that he does not recall being told a new prisoner classification system had not been properly assessed when he authorised it. The ...

Angelina County Jail administrators are looking into using a different classification system for inmates following the Friday walk-off of a convicted sex offender trustee who was captured Sunday in a ...

Orange County jails are becoming increasingly dangerous as they fill with inmates who are more violent, more seasoned and staying longer. The changes are the result of a state law designed to reduce ...