Ohio inmate Tommy Meadows won a $404,000 jury award in a civil rights lawsuit. Meadows was pepper sprayed and put into ...

The cell where Tony Mitchell died of hypothermia and sepsis in 2023 sits empty now, but for a few spare mattresses strewn on the floor inside the Walker County Jail. “That cell, as long as I’m sheriff ...

A Lebanon man already in prison on homicide charges is now charged with assaulting another prisoner.According to charging documents, 18-year-old James Fernandez-Reyes is one of three prisoners who ...

The Autauga Metro Jail closed in June 2024 due to the discovery of black mold. Housing inmates in other facilities has cost Autauga County over $2.34 million through September. Jail transport vehicles ...

ATLANTA — Two former corrections officers at Clayton County Jail have been arrested and are now inmates at the facility where they once worked, accused of smuggling contraband. Ashley Lewis-Allen and ...

PRATTVILLE − Since mold forced the closure of a county jail 15 months ago, about $2.34 million in unbudgeted expenses have been paid and a more than a quarter million miles have been traveled to carry ...

A pregnant Bay County Jail inmate with pre-existing heart conditions is said to have died from natural causes. An internal investigation found no evidence connecting Polk's medical treatment at the ...

NEW PHILADELPHIA, OH — The Tuscarawas County Jail will receive more than $208,000 from the Ohio Attorney General’s Office to strengthen addiction treatment programs for inmates, part of a broader ...

HAMILTON, Ohio (WKRC) - Nearly a dozen Ohio county jails are receiving state funding to support inmate addiction treatment efforts, and the list includes Butler County. Attorney General Dave Yost ...

The last remaining fugitive, who was part of a group of New Orleans jail inmates that escaped earlier this year, was involved in a standoff with authorities in Atlanta, authorities said. Derrick ...

The Butler County Sheriff's Office will receive an increased rate for holding ICE detainees. The federal government approved a new rate of $105 per day per detainee, up from the current $68. The ...