The Maine Department of Corrections has ordered the jail to stop new intakes, return boarded inmates to their original facilities and create a plan to address its shortcomings.

A Lewiston man and a 17-year-old were arrested Tuesday in a state and local drug trafficking investigation, with the juvenile also facing charges in connection with an ongoing gunfire case.

The Androscoggin County Sheriff's Office is seeking to identify a man in connection with counterfeit $100 bills being passed ...

The March 16 fire that leveled the residence at 69 Pleasant Street in Lubec was preceded the same night by a violent knife attack inside that residence.

BLOUNTVILLE— The Sullivan County Sheriff’s Office is shedding light on its inmate release procedures following a crash that ...

The failures included discrepancies in medical records, improper medication, and not following infectious disease protocols.

Arkansas State Police are now investigating the suspected homicide of an inmate that happened inside the Monroe County ...

An inmate at the Tippecanoe County Jail died Tuesday night, and Indiana State Police are investigating. Jail officers were doing routine inmate checks and noticed the man unresponsive inside his cell ...

Russell Edwards Marshall, 71, was being confined in the jail's medical dorm due to his medical conditions, the Forsyth County Sheriff's Office said.

Arkansas State Police is investigating after they believe a Monroe County jail inmate was killed the same day he was booked.