The Oklahoma County Detention Center Criminal Investigation Division said its preliminary investigation indicates that Pike was assaulted by a 20-year-old cellmate. The Oklahoman is not naming the man ...

Oklahoma County Detention Center officials are investigating after an inmate died after a fight with another inmate.

The Fayette County Jail could soon become one of the few facilities in the region to begin housing federal inmates. Fayette County Commissioners voted unanimously last week to enter into a ...

An inmate at the Oklahoma County Detention Center (OCDC) died overnight following an altercation with an inmate housed in the ...

Inmates at Cook County Jail on April 16, 2025, walk to a bus that was waiting to take them to various courthouses in Cook County. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) The county struggles even more ...

Bush Administration to find suspected weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and the Sarasota County Jail’s population peaked at 880 inmates. It was the first big indication of a growing problem ...

Two inmates at the Jasper County Detention Center have been accused of starting a fire in a holding cell last fall that destroyed the booking area of the jail, seriously injuring multiple inmates ...

Hot pots are now banned for inmates at the Sedgwick County Jail after an inmate threw scalding water at a detention deputy last week. “Inmates have traditionally had access to hot water for ...

Photo from the Brazos County sheriff's office Facebook page. Tuesday’s Brazos County commission meeting (April 22) included recognizing five jail inmates for helping save the life of a detention ...

A 39-year-old inmate at the Athens-Clarke County Jail died Tuesday morning after being found unresponsive in his cell. Jail staff initiated life-saving measures and EMS transported the inmate to a ...

On Wednesday the Sedgwick County Commissioners voted to settle the lawsuits filed by jail inmates who say a detention deputy raped them. In 2022, two inmates say Dustin Burnett raped them.