Jail

Pickens County Jail Built for 91 Inmates Has 200 Prisoners

PICKENS, S.C. (AP) – An inmate injured last month in a fight at the Pickens County jail is suing the county saying he wouldn’t have been hurt in the jail wasn’t so crowded. The Greenville News reports that the jail has about 200 prisoners in a facility designed to hold 91 inmates. Building a new jail with more room would…

Babies Behind Bars: Photos

Jennifer Dumas plays with her daughter, Codylynn inside her room at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, in Bedford Hills, N.Y., April 12, 2016. Bedford Hills is one of only eight working prison nurseries where women live with their babies, out of more than 100 women’s prisons around the country. What happens when a pregnant woman is arrested and sent to prison?…