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

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 Nebraska prison inmate died Wednesday behind bars, according to authorities. Nicholas Bailey died at the age of 78 at the ...

POLK COUNTY, Ga. - Deputies in Polk County came to the rescue of an innocent duck that accidentally found herself in custody at the county jail. Bernice the duck was spotted inside the perimeter ...

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. (WFLA) — A Polk County corrections employee was among two people arrested in connection to a shooting incident in Winter Haven on Monday. According to a release from the Polk ...

A former county jail officer disabled after an inmate attack, Knight blanketed Polk County supervisors with complaints over 12- to 17-inch drop-offs he measured in front of his house after county ...

POLK COUNTY Ore. (KPTV) - A man was sentenced to two and a half years in prison on Monday for an attack against corrections officers at the Polk County Jail last March, according to the Polk ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas — Several Polk County Jail inmates and a woman have been arrested and charged with assaulting and exploiting a fellow inmate who is disabled, according to the Polk County ...

POLK COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA)— A Polk County man was sentenced to life in prison for a double murder in 2020, the State Attorney’s Office announced. Todd Jackson was arrested after deputies were ...

Merle Glenn Daniels Jr. was sentenced to 30 years in prison for possessing and distributing ... sharing child sexual abuse images online. A Polk County man was sentenced in federal court Wednesday ...

A former employee of the Polk County Sheriff's Office has been arrested on four counts of possession of contraband in a correctional institution. Mario Antonio Rocha, 26, was arrested shortly ...

On Tuesday, the Polk County District Attorney’s Office posted an update on the case. The district attorney’s office said they were preparing to begin a trial in the case on Jan. 13 as the ...