A Ballard County Jail inmate has been charged after allegedly attempting to escape the facility and assaulting two corrections employees.

Kentucky State Police say an inmate faces charges after he reportedly attempted to overpower guards and escape from the ...

An inmate at Ballard County Jail was charged after he reportedly assaulted two correctional employees and attempted to escape ...

Graves County officials have struggled to compensate for the loss of the county jail in the December 2021 tornado. While ...

She is requesting a jury trial. The lawsuit accuses Allen County Sheriff Troy Hershberger, the Allen County Board of Commissioners and six jail employees of willful negligence in Shaffer’s death.

According to a Wayne County Sheriff Facebook post, the scammers are using the inmate search feature on the app to contact family members.

Lewis said anyone arrested by ICE and booked into the Hopkins County jail Tuesday was transported there from the Evansville area following an ICE enforcement operation in Southern Indiana.

The death of an inmate in the Allen County Jail early Friday morning is being investigated, the Allen County sheriff’s department said.

Inmates rescue deputy attacked in attempted escape at Kentucky jail Chief Taylor reports that eventually, the suspect was restrained after two other inmates arrived to help the deputies.

On November 4, 2021, Terri Beth Mays, a 32-year-old inmate at the Whitley County Detention Center located in Williamsburg, Kentucky, died after being held at the facility for a period of eight ...

What is the medical standard for KY jails? State law dictates that people in Kentucky jails are entitled to the same health care they would receive while outside jail.

ZANESVILLE ‒ A man who escaped the Muskingum County Jail Saturday evening was still at large Sunday morning. Wayne Samuel Pletcher, 37, of Zanesville, had been detained for multiple low-level ...