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ROGERS COUNTY, Okla. — The Rogers County Jail said some of the negative marks they received during the Oklahoma Department of Health's annual inspection at the Rogers County Jail were the ...
A Shasta County Grand Jury report attributes five inmate deaths in the past year to inmate lifestyles, including addiction and risk-taking behaviors. The jail's increasing population of convicted ...
A pair of Cook County Jail detainees are alleging sheriff’s deputies encouraged a third inmate to tie them up and sexually assault them at knifepoint after one of them complained about forced ...
Early in the morning outside Cook County Jail, a group of new detainees stepped out of a Chicago police wagon and walked bleary-eyed into the bright sunlight before lining up inside against a ...
PERRY FACES UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. A WARNING TONIGHT ABOUT A NEW SCAM THAT COULD COST YOU MONEY. THE POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT TARGETS FAMILIES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RECENTLY IN THE ...
A Shelby County Jail inmate, Courtney Berry, was found unresponsive and later pronounced dead on Sunday. Berry's death marks at least the fifth inmate death at the overcrowded facility this year.
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 ...
The new Wood County Jail is open, and inmates have been transferred to the new facility. The new courthouse entrance is now open to the public. Demolition of the old jail will begin soon ...
A 50-year-old male inmate at the Bexar County jail died after attempting to commit suicide Saturday. His death marks the second inmate fatality this year, following 13 jail deaths last year.
Four inmates died at the Shelby County Jail, commonly called 201 Poplar, within a week in February. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner, who advocates for a new jail, allowed journalists to tour ...
HERE’S INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER PAUL VAN OSDOL. THIS BODY CAM VIDEO SHOWS THE BRIAN ESTEP IN A HOLDING CELL AT THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY JAIL AFTER BEING CHARGED WITH DUI, SIMPLE ASSAULT, AND RESISTING ...
JAIL OVERSIGHT BOARD MEMBERS HAD PRAISE FOR WINGER, BUT THEY EXPRESSED FRUSTRATION WITH THE SEARCH PROCESS FOR A NEW WARDEN, WHICH COUNTY EXECUTIVE SARAH INNAMORATO BEGAN LAST SPRING? EVERY ...