Shelby County Sheriff's Office hired retired judge Robert "Bobby" Carter to address jail overcrowding. Carter will collaborate with stakeholders and analyze data to find solutions for reducing the ...

MURDER SUSPECT ESCAPED FROM THE JAIL IN TANGIPAHOA PARISH. YEAH, AND RIGHT NOW WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE STAFFING GAPS AND POLICY SLIP UPS THAT GAVE TRAYVON JOHNSON A SHOT TO RUN. WDSU’S ...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The New Orleans jail that gained national attention for a brazen escape by 10 inmates earlier this month is experiencing “significant flooding” from “ongoing and severe ...

A 41-year-old inmate, Daniel Neal, died at Shelby County Jail (201 Poplar) on May 26. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death. An autopsy is being performed to determine ...

A maintenance worker at a New Orleans jail has been arrested and accused of helping 10 inmates escape from the facility late last week, Louisiana's attorney general announced Tuesday. Sterling ...

THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE YOU’VE HEARD OF THE SQUIRREL CAGE JAIL IN COUNCIL BLUFFS. IT WAS A UNIQUE WAY TO KEEP PRISONERS BEHIND BARS IN THE LATE 1800S. IT IS THE LARGEST ROTATING JAIL BLOCK EVER ...

A New Orleans jail maintenance worker was charged Tuesday with helping 10 men break out of the jail last week, the first such arrest in the case. Sterling Williams, 33, was hit with 10 counts of ...

Only four of the 10 prisoners have been captured as of Tuesday morning, with three other jail employees currently suspended as police investigate the escape. Williams’ arrest comes after Orleans ...

Butler County Jail detained dozens of people arrested by ICE in its first week working with the agency, an Enquirer review of jail records found. The Butler County Sheriff's Office renewed its ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - Federal jail monitors say they questioned Orleans Parish deputies every six months during Susan Hutson’s time as sheriff. Each time, they wrote in several reports to U.S ...

An Orleans Parish jail employee who was arrested Monday and accused of helping 10 inmates escape the facility was identified as 33-year-old Sterling Williams. Williams was booked in Plaquemines ...

An Orleans Parish jail maintenance worker was arrested Monday night and is accused of helping 10 inmates escape the facility in a Friday jailbreak that has spurred state-led investigations and a ...