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At 361 years old, New Kent has more history than can be contained in the museum and research center at the Old Jail. The New Kent County Historical Society has been at work to preserve that ...
On the other side of 701 Ball Avenue NE, newly painted murals adorn the walls, dedicated to the women inside the Kent County Jail. The expansion now provides a new place for women to gather.
GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- A 28-year-old Kent County Jail inmate who committed suicide Monday was known to be a "medium concern" for taking his own life and had earlier tried to kill himself while in ...
Kent County Undersheriff Jon Hess said that following the incident, the department conducted an internal affairs investigation and as a result, the 24-year-old is no longer employed as a jail ...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A woman is accused of creating fraudulent attorney documents as part of a scheme to smuggle drugs into the Kent County Jail. 51-year-old Shannon Soltys from Cedar Springs ...
A woman walking her dogs in Plaster Creek Park found the 34-year-old floor installer lying ... had been released from the Kent County Jail the day before his death. He had two children and was ...
Bobby Bubin was 27 years old when he walked out of the Kent County jail on Dec. 14 ... epidemic and see how it is that the jail fits into the treatment side of things.” ...