The ingenious plot by Frank Morris and brothers John and Clarence Anglin in 1962 probably stands as the nation’s most famous prison break, memorialized in the 1979 film "Escape from Alcatraz" and ...

Polk County will pay employees 10% of first-year ... Governments in places such as Washington, California, Nebraska and Iowa have implemented successful programs, said Taylor Van De Krol, an ...

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) - A Nebraska prison inmate died Wednesday behind bars, according to authorities. Nicholas Bailey died at ...

POLK COUNTY, Ga. - For his last trick, a Polk County inmate "done Houdini'd his way outta custody in two counties," according to the Polk County deputies searching for him. What we know ...

The sheriff emphasized that once staffing levels are restored, all inmates will be returned to the Polk County Jail.

A 78-year-old inmate died Wednesday at the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution, officials said. China reacts to Ukraine's ...

FRANK MORASCO OF THE SHERIFF’S OFFICE WAS NAMED AS INTERIM INSTEAD. THE LAWSUIT, FILED MAY 10TH, NAMES POLK COUNTY AND THREE OF ITS FIVE SUPERVISORS. THEY ARE CHAIRMAN MATT MCCOY AND JILL ...

LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has been housing inmates at a Louisiana facility in order to remain in compliance. Sheriff Byron Lyons said in a press release on ...

Polk County Commission delayed a vote on restricting roosters to lots larger than half an acre. The commission wants to reduce setback for chicken coops from 50 feet to 10 feet by June.

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The Polk County sheriff says, like many other jails across southeast Texas, their facility is dealing with staffing shortages, causing them to move inmates to Louisiana.