Last May, deteriorating conditions and frequent lockdowns in San Francisco jails prompted a tense public hearing in front of ...

Sheriff renovates and opens jail beds as the city's jail population grows by double digits over the past two years.

Republican state lawmakers are considering a bill that would force the city to let the county takeover more space at its jail at minimal cost.

When Mark Scott steps into the Santa Fe city manager position Monday, he will become the highest-paid city employee. His salary of $225,000 — a notable increase over the $182,000 earned annually by ...

Authorities in the South Bay have released the identities of three Santa Clara County jail inmates charged in the murder and torture of another inmate. In a statement to CBS News Bay Area ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — The San Francisco Sheriff’s Office announced Friday that it has reopened two more dorms in the previously closed Annex at County Jail #3 in San Bruno to make room for a growing ...

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, a Republican and Trump ally, announced Tuesday that 10 county police detectives will ...

Karkar was booked at the San Francisco County Jail on charges of rape by force or violence, false imprisonment, assault with a deadly weapon, first-degree robbery, and damaging a wireless ...

A man who was brutally assaulted in jail in Santa Clara County has died from his injuries, the Sheriff's Office said Tuesday. The 22-year-old man had been on life-support in the hospital after ...