In just a few years, overdoses in Nevada prisons have increased nearly tenfold, according to prisons director James Dzurenda.

Bail set at $30,000 for former Reno deputy police chief arrested in a child exploitation sting. Jail records show he has ...

A woman who made headlines across the globe after she said she got pregnant in a Florida jail without having sex was found ...

As much of the country watched the devastating fires in Los Angeles in January that decimated the Pacific Palisades ...

The chief of Nevada Capitol Police has resigned months after someone stole a rifle from a car assigned to the governor’s security detail, the 8 News Now Investigators have learned.

In a small courthouse in southeast Idaho, a woman incarcerated at the nearby prison had just finished testifying that a male ...

Once he was inside the jail and had filled out power of attorney papers, the so-called lawyer started 'hugging and kissing' ...

A former Reno Police Department deputy chief has been arrested, accused of soliciting a child for prostitution and child ...

Ashley Richardson's journey from homelessness and addiction to stability and family life is a testament to the transformative ...

An Oklahoma man arrested, accused of impersonating an attorney and sneaking into the Oklahoma County Detention Center to see ...

Texas and Alabama have executed death row inmates within minutes of each other, one for killing a 13-month-old baby during an "exorcism" and the other for shooting a mother of two in the head during a ...

Nevada OKs $4.6M settlement with family who says beatings by staff killed prisoner. Read more from The Nevada Independent.