A Lee County Detention Center inmate has been indicted in the killing of his cellmate. Sheriff’s officials on Monday announced the murder charge for 26-year-old Jimmy Jenkins Jr. of Tuskegee.

Nestor Montoya, spokesperson for the Lee County Sheriff's Office, said that as of Wednesday afternoon they reported 477 inmates at the main jail and another 1,169 inmates at their Core facility.

The Lee County Sheriff's Office confirmed Wednesday night that inmates in the Lee County Jail facilities are safe. The two facilities are at 2115 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard and 2501 ...

Law enforcement is looking for Johnathan Mabe, an inmate at the Sanford Correctional Center in Lee County Friday morning. Startling Fed news sends stock market reeling American Airlines Announces ...

The Lee County Jail is refusing to take more inmates in due to COVID-19 restrictions. The jail issued a memo to police departments saying it’s still operating under COVID-19 restrictions.

Late that evening, following the publication of a New Times story about the jail officials' decision to stay put, Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno released a statement, declaring that inmates ...

LAKE COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) -- A staffing crisis at the Lake County, Illinois, jail means some inmates will be transferred to another facility. Up to 150 inmates will be temporarily housed at the ...

The last of 19 defendants to surrender in the Fulton County elections racketeering case has been released from the county jail. Stephen Lee, a Lutheran pastor from Illinois, was booked Friday ...

TUPELO – An autopsy is planned for a Mooreville man who collapsed at the Lee Country Jail and later died, just hours after he was arrested on misdemeanor charges. Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson ...

(WRBL) – An investigation is underway following the death of an inmate being held in the Lee County Jail on Oct. 12, 2022. The sheriff’s office said the inmate who died was a 33-year-old man.

Update published 9:35 a.m. 9/29/2022: Lee County Sheriff Carmine Marceno released a statement claiming that inmates at the downtown Fort Myers jail are safe. He says that "in an abundance of ...