The ceremony held at the jail symbolized the role education can play in personal redemption and societal renewal.

FLINT, MI – From the first day the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office moved into the jail on Saginaw Street in 1988, the jail has faced overcrowding issues. But now, for the first time in at ...

Batavia, N.Y. — A minor disturbance at the Genesee County Jail Wednesday morning reportedly led to authorities using pepper spray during a routine search of a housing unit. We're told an inmate ...

GENESEE COUNTY, MI — Seventy-eight Genesee County Jail inmates have been enrolled in a medical treatment program since ...

Banks pleaded not guilty Friday and was taken to the Genesee County Jail. He's due back in court April 23.

Harvard released a study on the IGNITE program at the Genesee County Jail last year, and that study will be published in the “Quarterly Journal of Economics” in its May 2025 issue. Previous ...

OXFORD, England. (WNEM) - Genesee County Sheriff Chris Swanson is on the other side of the pond discussing his jail’s IGNITE program, which helps inmates gain skills and education in the hopes ...