As defendants attempt to navigate the criminal justice system, local municipalities may continue to shoulder the bill for ...

Finklea Detention Center has died after they were found unresponsive in a cell. The Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office said ...

Like a kid looking forward to Christmas, Champaign County Sheriff Dustin Heuerman is eagerly anticipating completion of the ...

CHRISTIAN COUNTY, Mo. — A Christian County correctional officer was arrested for allegedly giving drugs to an inmate inside the county jail. Update: Deputies investigating homicide in Greene ...

John Matthew Nigh, 37, was being held on attempted murder charges at the Craven County Jail in New Bern ... conceal his escape. "A search determined that the inmate, assisted by his two cellmates ...

igniting a blaze at the jail's location at 2293 N. Main St., according to court records. Jurors heard testimony from law enforcement, eyewitnesses and the Lake County detective who investigated ...

SPANISH FORK, Utah (KSL.com) — A corrections officer with the Utah County Jail was charged Wednesday with having illegal sexual relations with two women he met while they were incarcerated.

Law enforcement officials in North Carolina are searching for an inmate who escaped through a ventilation system at a local jail last weekend. According to the Craven County Sheriff's Office ...

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Lake Forest is among teams on the rise, and Stevenson's Aidan Bardic is player of ...

A man who took off with a donation tin meant for a local fallen sailor memorial foundation has been arrested, Vermilion ...

The Salt Lake ... jail desperately needs more beds; the facility has not been expanded since 2001. Since then, the county’s population has ballooned by over 30%. Last year, nearly 4,000 inmates ...