SARSOTA COUNTY, Fla. — In Sarasota County, one commissioner says the jail population has reached an "emergency" level. Numbers given to Spectrum News by the sheriff's office confirm the situation: ...

The Butler County Jail will be featured on a new Discovery Channel series. Discovery's new series 120 Hours Behind Bars premieres Jan. 19 at 9 p.m. The show will deliver an "unfiltered look inside ...

BUTLER COUNTY, Ohio — The Butler County Jail will be featured in a documentary airing Monday on The Discovery Channel. The docuseries titled “120 Hours Behind Bars” premieres Monday, Jan. 19, at 9 p.m ...

Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones addressed recent concerns raised by Ohio lawmakers over alleged conditions at the Butler County Jail.On Tuesday, Ohio Reps. Christine Cockley and Mark Sigrist, ...

Authorities are investigating a Monday night fight inside the Sherburne County Jail that left multiple correctional officers injured. Jail officials say a fight between two groups of inmates broke out ...

Detroit — Demolition of the former Wayne County Jail is underway as part of a planned redevelopment of the area east of Greektown into a life sciences district. Crews began razing the former jail, ...

Twenty people died in 2025 in the Harris County Jail, the state’s largest pre-trial detention system, which has faced years of understaffing, overcrowding and wrongful death lawsuits. The death toll ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The death of a man found unresponsive Tuesday morning in the Jefferson County Detention Facility is under investigation, sheriff’s officials said. Harvey ...

There is an update to this story. Click here to read. OKFUSKEE COUNTY, Okla. — The Okfuskee County Sheriff's Office says that an inmate being held at the Okfuskee County Jail has escaped. Officials ...

A routine facility check at a county jail just east of Atlanta on Monday morning suddenly turned into a manhunt after officials discovered three men, all accused of violent crimes, had escaped the ...

A 40-year-old Tarrant County Jail inmate died Sunday, according to the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office. The woman was found unresponsive in her cell. Lifesaving measures were administered by medical ...

MACON, Ga. — The Bibb County Coroner's Office has shared the name of the Bibb County Jail inmate who was found dead in their cell Friday evening. Bibb County Coroner Leon Jones identified the man as ...