The former longtime Gulfport police officer and assistant director of security at Harrison County schools has been free on ...

Signs of squalor are everywhere: inmates sleeping on floors, rotting food, piles of trash, inoperable toilets, broken pipes, ...

Derrick Groves is the last inmate who is on the run six weeks after a massive jailbreak at the Orleans Parish Jail.

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- Change is coming to the way people with mental illness are addressed within the criminal justice system.

A man connected to the shooting death of a teen earlier this month is in jail with a $500,000 bond. On Friday, Jerod Lawson ...

A year after the U.S. Supreme Court’s Grants Pass decision, punishment of homelessness has increased, but outcomes are much the same.

A defendant pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor charge of battery and was referred to a three-month diversion program, while a warrant was issued for another individual who failed to appear in court ...

A new law in Florida aims to provide mental health support to inmates, offering help instead of punishment. Governor Ron ...

Despite the reputation of being the “Black Mecca,” Atlanta’s homeless population is 80% Black, and they need our help.

Fentanyl delivery, meanwhile, is a Class B felony, which in Oregon carries a maximum prison term of 10 years. Delivery to ...

Bluebonnet Trails Community Services provides a handful of programs which offer a stepping stone to individuals suffering ...

Travis County kicked off the design portion of its long-awaited mental health diversion center and central intake project.