SARSOTA COUNTY, Fla. — In Sarasota County, one commissioner says the jail population has reached an "emergency" level. Numbers given to Spectrum News by the sheriff's office confirm the situation: ...

A Minnesota man has been arrested after he reportedly entered a federal lockup posing as an FBI agent — and wielding a pizza ...

Authorities are investigating a Monday night fight inside the Sherburne County Jail that left multiple correctional officers injured. Jail officials say a fight between two groups of inmates broke out ...

We are learning new details about how an inmate escaped from the Okfuskee County jail through a wall and was missing for five days before the sheriff was notified. The inmate, Joshua Butler, was shot ...

Detroit — Demolition of the former Wayne County Jail is underway as part of a planned redevelopment of the area east of Greektown into a life sciences district. Crews began razing the former jail, ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The death of a man found unresponsive Tuesday morning in the Jefferson County Detention Facility is under investigation, sheriff’s officials said. Harvey ...

Officials are investigating after an adult died in custody at Multnomah County’s Inverness Jail early Wednesday morning. The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement that deputies found ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Three "dangerous" inmates who escaped the DeKalb County Jail late Sunday night took a Lyft to the Miami area, where they were arrested on Monday night without incident, county ...

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Three "dangerous" DeKalb County Jail escapees, including two with murder cases, are now back in custody after they were apprehended, the sheriff's office confirmed with 11Alive ...

A routine facility check at a county jail just east of Atlanta on Monday morning suddenly turned into a manhunt after officials discovered three men, all accused of violent crimes, had escaped the ...

Authorities announced Monday that three inmates, possibly armed and considered dangerous, have escaped from a jail in the Atlanta, Georgia, area. Officials said the fugitives escaped early Monday ...

Three inmates, including one being held on a murder charge, escaped early Monday from a county jail east of Atlanta, authorities said. The escape from the DeKalb County Jail was discovered during a ...