Timothy Beckmann was arrested in late September but had not been convicted of any crimes yet. He was found dead Monday at the ...

A death investigation is underway after an inmate was found dead at the Jackson County Detention Center. Jackson County ...

A Jackson County grand jury has filed a 74-page report with the 16th Circuit Court that details poor conditions at the Jackson County Detention Center, according to Jackson County Prosecutor Jean ...

The Jackson County Detention Center announced that Regina Thurman, 53, of Kansas City, Missouri who was brought in for holding, died while in custody. The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office brought ...

An Independence police suffered minor injuries after he was attacked by an inmate he was transporting to the Jackson County Detention Center.The attack happened at 2:32 p.m. The Jackson County ...

The Jackson County Legislature approved the sale of the land during a legislature meeting on Monday, Dec. 2, paving the way for Kansas City to build a new detention center next to the county’s ...

JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. -- A second former corrections officer in the Jackson County Adult Detention Center was indicted for allegedly having unlawful sexual relations with an inmate has also been ...

A now-former high school physics teacher is being held without bond in the Jackson County (Miss.) Adult Detention Center, charged with sexual battery after being accused of an “inappropriate ...