Whatcom County and its seven cities are planning ... of a new county “justice center” that includes a county jail and treatment facilities for mental health and substance abuse.

Ferndale was Whatcom County’s fastest-growing city from ... new county “justice center” that includes a county jail and treatment facilities for mental health and substance abuse.

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, ...

She called the program “critical and vital,” and said a decrease in the number of people it could help would be “a huge ...

Rajat Rajat was part of a Santa Rosa-based smuggling operation that brought people across the border from Canada for profit.

Harris County's next step in addressing its overcrowded, understaffed jail may be building a facility to provide mental health services to those awaiting trial, but jail reform activists say it ...

Meanwhile, the jail's ADP has increased by about 78% over that time. Law enforcement officials are now sounding the alarm that the county facility is reaching a breaking point, underscoring the ...

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 ...