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 ...

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 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.

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 ...

Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson said Shawn D. Perrigin, 43, was being transferred from where he was being held to the shower area when he collapsed Saturday morning. The jail staff immediately ...

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 ...

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 ...