A Jefferson County Jail inmate who failed to return to the jail after being released for work has been taken into custody.

Nearly one week after a Jefferson County inmate reportedly "walked away" from his prison work-release program in DuBois, ...

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a deadly altercation that left two detainees dead Friday afternoon inside the W.C. “Dub” Brassell Adult Detention Center in Pine Bluff. According ...

The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the dismissal of a lawsuit by the city of Birmingham against Jefferson County Sheriff Mark Pettway, upholding that the Jefferson County Jail is not legally ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Wis. (WKOW) -- An inmate who did not return to the Jefferson County Jail after a work shift in June is now back in custody. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office had been looking for ...

A Jefferson Parish jail inmate died at a local hospital Friday afternoon following a medical emergency, according to the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office. The adult female inmate, who was not ...

An investigation is underway after an inmate was found dead in his cell at the Jefferson County Jail in Bessemer. D’Koleman ...

Leaked video from inside the Adair County jail shows Aaron Wallace, 26, of Kirksville, being kicked and punched by jail staff, but Sheriff Jason Lene said that Wallace had assaulted several sheriff's ...

A 24-year-old inmate, D’Koleman Juvan Harris, was found unresponsive in a two-person cell at the Jefferson County Jail in ...

A Cole County Jail inmate faces an additional felony charge after he allegedly punched another inmate on June 27. Terrian Davis, 31, allegedly punched his cellmate in the face and walked away with no ...

Sheriffs from across Missouri visited the Capitol on Monday to testify about how the state could help them save money. A jail per diem allows county jails to be reimbursed by the state for daily ...

An inmate at the Jefferson City Correctional Center died at the Capital Regional Medical Center last Friday. According to a news advisory from the Missouri Department of Corrections, Edgar Bilyeu, 78, ...