By the end of the day Wednesday, Franklin County jail deputies may no longer be carrying guns if the county commission goes ...

An outside security firm already had been hired before the commissioners voted publicly to approve a contract.

A Kansas man was arrested on Wednesday, April 9 in connection with the 2023 death of an inmate at the Benton County Jail.

Commissioners should slow down, talk to the sheriff and explain clearly to the public why they think this is the best move ...

According to the affidavit, the autopsy determined that David Thompson’s death was a homicide caused by head trauma.

The Fayette County Jail could soon become one of the few facilities in the region to begin housing federal inmates. Fayette County Commissioners voted unanimously last week to enter into a ...

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Waller County jail officials have agreed to house inmates from Montgomery County just two months after Montgomery County Sheriff Wesley Doolittle expanded the county’s capacity to address ...

A 39-year-old inmate at the Athens-Clarke County Jail died Tuesday morning after being found unresponsive in his cell. Jail staff initiated life-saving measures and EMS transported the inmate to a ...

Ten inmates at the Washington County jail were baptized April 8 in an event that Mike Pierson, chaplain, called “moving” and “powerful.” Pierson said some of the inmates had been inquiring about the ...

Hot pots are now banned for inmates at the Sedgwick County Jail after an inmate threw scalding water at a detention deputy last week. “Inmates have traditionally had access to hot water for ...