The project is anticipated to be the largest in county history, with a current estimated cost of $162 million. The proposals, open through May 12, will nail down bidders’ qualifications. By mid-July, ...

ASHEVILLE - A woman being held at the Buncombe County Detention Facility died April 19, according to a news release from the ...

John Roper Thomson reportedly killed his brother near the western end of Diablo Lake in the North Cascades National Park on ...

BUNCOMBE COUNTY, N.C. (WLOS) — The Buncombe County Sheriff's Office (BCSO) has confirmed the death of an inmate on April 19.

The commissioners voted 6-3 at their March 27 meeting to solicit bids to sell off part of the Union County ... jail to a private prison company that will operate it as an immigrant detention facility.

The Texas Commission on Jail Standards has ordered the Liberty County Jail to close following a recent fire at the facility and a riot by inmates in March. The order follows a special meeting by ...

Inmates in the Liberty County Jail will be relocated to other contracted facilities after the state ordered the jail’s operations to be immediately suspended. The jail in the county northeast of ...

The private, 1,000-bed facility next to the Essex County jail formerly had contracts to house Essex inmates. In New Jersey, public entities are barred from contracting with the federal government ...