Tribal jails

The Mountain West News Bureau’s investigation of tribal jails has won a third journalism award, gaining recognition in the 2022 National Native Media…

Tribal detention centers in this country are getting a lot of criticism lately due to the relatively high number of inmate deaths that happened over the…

Tribal jails can be found in some of the most remote places in the country, but their frequently poor conditions have caught the attention of those in…

For years, poor conditions in tribal jails have led to investigations and promises to improve. Yet in the last five years, nearly 20 people have died in…

At least 19 people have died in tribal jails overseen by the federal government since 2016, according to an investigation by NPR and the Mountain West…

Poor employee training and general neglect afflict the tribal jails that serve often-remote Native American communities.At least 19 people have died in…