Pictured: Inmates at the Hancock County Jail on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Overcrowding had become a major issue within the county jail before the pandemic, prompting the construction of a new jail.

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Hamilton County’s jail was not closed overnight, Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey announced during a news conference Monday, stressing that deputies instead restricted inmate intake.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - A 30-day moratorium implemented by the Alabama Department of Corrections is expected to end soon, and when it does ADOC intends to initiate a multi-stage inmate intake pilot ...

SAN ANTONIO – Controversy is arising as the city of San Antonio and Bexar County disagree on which inmate intake system is more efficient. The county has a new inmate intake facility that will allow ...

Louisville Metro Police officers are investigating after a 37-year-old inmate died on Sunday.Shortly after 8 a.m., a Louisville Metro Department of Corrections officer found an inmate unresponsive in ...

Despite the state prison system no longer accepting county jail inmates, Smith County Sheriff Larry Smith believes the county jail should not have any significant problems. In a letter Saturday to ...

CELINA — An inmate at the Mercer County Adult Detention Facility attacked a corrections officer and briefly had a Taser Monday night. The inmate also attempted to escape from the intake area, but was ...

(WSIL) -- The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) announced it will not be accepting any more inmates from local county jails for the timebeing. The temporary pause comes as IDOC responds to ...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WSFA) - Under new guidelines, inmates arriving at Alabama prisons from county jails will be quarantined for 14 days. Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey signed a Supplemental State of Emergency ...

A Marion County Jail supervisor was demoted, two detention deputies were disciplined and the sheriff's office changed some protocols after an 18-year-old inmate walked away from the lockup one ...