Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon has identified the Sangamon County Jail inmate who was found unresponsive in his cell and later died at HSHS St. John’s Hospital. Jeffrey Lapping, 55, had been ...

The family of a Sangamon County jail inmate who died while being subdued by jail guards last year has now filed a wrongful death lawsuit. The Illinois Times reports the family of Jamieson Cody filed ...

Harris County Jail, the state’s largest jail system ... in recent years over the deaths and injuries suffered by jail inmates. Past inmate deaths have been attributed to suicide, drug overdoses ...

A group of inmates at the Wilson County Jail has graduated from program that gave them the opportunity to earn a GED or other High School Equivalency diploma. Officials say 45 current and former ...

RUSSELL COUNTY, Ala. (WTVM) - Changes are underway in east Alabama with the introduction of a new rehabilitation program for Russell County Jail inmates. The purpose of this program is to teach ...

CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Six inmates at the Carteret County jail are facing charges after deputies say four inmates overdosed on fentanyl. Deputies say it happened Tuesday night. They say ...

CARTERET COUNTY, N.C. (WNCT) — Six people were arrested at the Carteret County Jail after four inmates overdosed on fentanyl that law enforcement said was smuggled into the jail. On Apr.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Voters in Sangamon County decided Tuesday to eliminate the Sangamon County Recorder's Office. With 100 percent of precincts reporting the vote was 67 percent in favor of ...

According to the Veterans Assistance Commission of Sangamon County, this is what lead up to the VAC filing suit against the county: the Veterans Assistance Commission of Sangamon County (VACSC) ...

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS — The Sangamon County Sheriff’s Department spent today, and the last few days at a de-escalation training in Macon County. A new requirement implemented by Sangamon County ...