It sounds like an episode of "The Andy Griffith Show," but when an inmate took a flip-flip to a sprinkler in the OK County ...

Flathead County officials on July 1 launched a campaign to educate taxpayers about a $105 million bond for a new jail in south Kalispell, a project that would double the inmate capacity of the current ...

O'Connell-Nowain was arrested and carried from a board meeting in July 2024 by two sheriff's deputies after she again sat on ...

After wobbling on the idea for years, Santa Clara County leaders are struggling with how big the new jail should be when the incarcerated population has starkly declined since the pandemic. But ...

Shasta County Sheriff calls temporary closure of one floor, with rotating closures of other floors later on so upgrades can ...

GRAND TRAVERSE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- Engineers are investigating the cause of tiles buckling on the floor of the Grand Traverse County Jail. An employee at the jail noticed tiles across the ...

The Downtown El Paso County Jail first opened in July 1983. It cost $31 million to build. It can house more than 1,000 inmates. There are currently more than 500 inmates being held in the jail.

The city doesn’t know what the cost of a temporary jail would be. Greene County agreed in 2017 to pay $900,000 a year for use of a 108-bed modular jail.

The county will now develop a renovation plan for the building, which will include additional space for various county offices. St. Johns County has decided it won't demolish the Old County Jail.

ZANESVILLE ‒ Montgomery County Jail surveillance video released May 5 shows a violent clash between Christian Black and 10 sheriff's department employees. Black, 25, of Zanesville, pounded ...

In February, ICE announced plans to open a second at Delaney Hall, in Newark. The private, 1,000-bed facility next to the Essex County jail formerly had contracts to house Essex inmates.

County jail inmates such as Diane Harrison wish the work center would be willing to let them transfer to serve out their time. “I’ve been stuck on the floor since March 4,” said Harrison, a ...