The Fayette County Jail could soon become one of the few facilities in the region to begin housing federal inmates. Fayette County Commissioners voted unanimously last week to enter into a ...

Inmates at Cook County Jail on April 16, 2025, walk to a bus that was waiting to take them to various courthouses in Cook County. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) The county struggles even more ...

Bush Administration to find suspected weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and the Sarasota County Jail’s population peaked at 880 inmates. It was the first big indication of a growing problem ...

Ten inmates at the Washington County jail were baptized April 8 in an event that Mike Pierson, chaplain, called “moving” and “powerful.” Pierson said some of the inmates had been inquiring about the ...

Two inmates at the Jasper County Detention Center have been accused of starting a fire in a holding cell last fall that destroyed the booking area of the jail, seriously injuring multiple inmates ...

Hot pots are now banned for inmates at the Sedgwick County Jail after an inmate threw scalding water at a detention deputy last week. “Inmates have traditionally had access to hot water for ...

Photo from the Brazos County sheriff's office Facebook page. Tuesday’s Brazos County commission meeting (April 22) included recognizing five jail inmates for helping save the life of a detention ...

Two lawsuits allege Clinton County Jail staff ignored the medical needs of inmates, leading to serious health consequences. The lawsuits claim the jail prides itself on being "tough," leading to ...

A 39-year-old inmate at the Athens-Clarke County Jail died Tuesday morning after being found unresponsive in his cell. Jail staff initiated life-saving measures and EMS transported the inmate to a ...

Two inmates at the Jasper County Detention Center have been accused of starting a fire that engulfed the jail’s booking area last fall, seriously injuring multiple inmates and guards.