The Shelby County Jail's intake area is severely overcrowded, holding over 350 detainees, some for weeks, exceeding capacity. The jail's total population, nearing 3,000, significantly surpasses its ...

Macomb County officials are proposing a new $228 million central intake center at the county jail complex, with services for those brought to the lockup with mental health and substance abuse issues.

County officials Friday morning showed off their new “state of the art” facility for processing people who have been arrested. The goal of the center being built next to the Bexar County Jail is to ...

Meet the men and women who turn chaos into calm in the middle of the night. It is 2:36 a.m. Saturday. The bars are closed and the flow of gang bangers, thieves and drunks is non-stop at the intake ...

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DUBLIN, Calif. - A man has died by suicide at Santa Rita Jail while he was in the quarantine intake housing unit, which is now standard protocol upon booking all new inmates but raise questions about ...