Last November, a female inmate at the county jail was transferred to a local hospital ... Sheriff Bob Songer is Troy Brynelson, OPB’s Southwest Washington bureau chief. Editor’s note: This ...

He had most recently been incarcerated at the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta, according to jail records. He was arrested in 2021 and was awaiting trial. The department reported that Booker ...

Sherman was being held at the Southwest Detention Center on two counts of attempted murder and felony possession of a firearm. He was held on $1 million bail and will answer to two felony charges ...

all of whom were housed at the Southwest Detention Center in French Valley, near Murrieta. The Cois M. Byrd Detention Center in French Valley (File photo, The Press-Enterprise/SCNG). Another ...

A man who escaped Monday from a Southwest Washington jail by impersonating a cellmate due to be released was found in the Scappoose area Wednesday, the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office said.

SHUMAN CENTER’S BEEN CLOSED NEARLY TWO YEARS NOW. IT’S A SYMBOL OF THE PROBLEMS FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE COURTS TO PLACE YOUNG PEOPLE. WE’VE LEARNED OF EFFORTS IN THE WORKS TO TAKE ON ...

A man facing a drug possession charge in Cowlitz County escaped from a Southwest Washington jail Monday after impersonating another inmate scheduled for release, according to the county sheriff ...

Hundreds of people gathered outside the Krome Detention Center in Southwest Miami-Dade Saturday to protest what they're calling "inhumane conditions" at the facility. The protest started at around ...