Pictured: Inmates at the Hancock County Jail on Tuesday, March 20, 2018. Overcrowding had become a major issue within the county jail before the pandemic, prompting the construction of a new jail.

(WSIL) -- The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) announced it will not be accepting any more inmates from local county jails for the timebeing. The temporary pause comes as IDOC responds to ...

CINCINNATI (WXIX) - Hamilton County’s jail was not closed overnight, Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey announced during a news conference Monday, stressing that deputies instead restricted inmate intake.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Richland County Administration and Finance Committee met Tuesday and discussed updating an intake policy for the Richland County jail. "We need to update our policy to make sure that ...

At Tuesday’s meeting, commissioners amended the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office contract with the jail’s healthcare services provider, and inmates will see those changes when they arrive. That ...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated to reflect the directive came from St. Louis Metropolitan Police rather than from the Department of Public Safety. ST. LOUIS – According to an internal ...

The contract with Montgomery County Jail’s health care staff has been modified to require the hiring of more registered nurses for the facility’s intake portion. The Montgomery County commission on ...