The money will primarily be used for further renovations to the Porter County Jail as well as other county buildings such as the Juvenile Detention Center. Council President Mike Brickner ...

A man is in custody facing a murder charge after an altercation Monday in which another man was shot to death, Valparaiso ...

The Porter County Council voted on Tuesday to appropriate a total of $18 million for a second phase of ongoing renovations to the county jail. "It's not a want," Councilman Mike Brickner ...

Authorities responded to a call of an unconscious inmate who was not breathing around 8:10 p.m. at the Porter Count Jail, the Porter County Sheriff's Office said. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7.

(VALPARAISO, Ind.) -- Two inmates made up their beds to look like they were still sleeping before escaping through the ceiling of the Porter County Jail, officials said. The escape, which was first ...

According to Detective Sgt. Nathan Graf from the Porter County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to the jail just after 8 p.m. following a report of an unconscious male inmate who was found ...

Valparaiso - Officials in a northwestern Indiana county have settled a federal lawsuit over the death of a Lake Station woman while in jail. Attorney Roseann P. Ivanovich declined to disclose the ...

Michael Maldonado's escape was caught on camera at the Porter County Jail, showing the inmate jumping into the driver's seat of a squad car and opening the door as the officers had gone to secure ...

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PORTER COUNTY, Ind. (WLS) -- A male inmate was found dead Thursday at a jail in northwest Indiana. Authorities responded to a call of an unconscious inmate who was not breathing around 8:10 p.m ...