Wayne County Sheriff Tom Ballinger is preparing his office for the operational and human elements that come with managing a larger, modernized detention center, according to a community announcement.

In a lawsuit, the widow of a man who died in the Wayne County Correctional Facility says “pervasive mold” in the jail contributed to his pneumonia.

DETROIT – The Wayne County Building Authority met Wednesday for the first time since February. Recent meetings -- and a couple before that -- were cancelled by Wayne County Executive Bob Ficano's ...