Space is running out at the Sarasota County Jail, with it already being the second-most overcrowded jail in Florida. The Sarasota County Sheriff has been calling for a solution for years, but it's now ...

Jails are overrun with people on drugs, struggling with mental illness and poor health. How are sheriffs handling the challenges?

Unless the funding challenges seen in Lynnwood — and at similar facilities in Pierce County — are solved, it could put the ...

Local officials briefed the Sarasota County Commission that a new jail facility could cost $700 million, as inmate ...

Another former correctional officer for the Walker County Jail has agreed to plead guilty to charges related to the 2023 ...

Leonard could spot the addicts easily—they were the ones curled up on the cold jail floor to soothe their withdrawal ... take time to let Him know what my plans were and let Him know that ...

The plaintiff’s co-counsel Alicia LeDuc Montgomery added, “Dragging a handcuffed Black man around the jail floor with a rope is inhumane and a vile abuse of power. This lawsuit aims to shine a ...

TACOMA – A man who was detained at a Washington county jail has scars from when he was tied to a rope and dragged across his cell floor by corrections deputies, according to a new federal lawsuit.

Screengrab from KGW A man who was detained at a Washington county jail has scars from when he was tied to a rope and dragged across his cell floor by corrections deputies, according to a new ...