Families and criminal justice advocates have long urged jail officials to notify them about deaths and other emergencies in custody more fully.

The body of a man found off the French coast is believed to be that of missing Cornish yachtsman David Sycamore. The body was recovered from the sea by a French fishing boat off the coast of Brittany ...

The man convicted of murdering his girlfriend and an Ansonia mother, Christine Holloway, will be sentenced Monday. Their ...