Environmentalists’ lawsuit to halt ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ filed in wrong court, Florida official says The lawsuit was filed before the facility was opened to detainees, and an attorney ...

Florida’s top emergency official asked a federal judge on Monday to resist a request by environmentalists to halt an immigration detention center known as Alligator Alcatraz in the middle of the ...

Law enforcement officers caught up with a Campbell County Jail inmate who was on the run.

San Diego police arrested 48-year-old Eduardo Magana on suspicion of murder after further investigation led officials to believe he was involved in his ex-girlfriend's disappearance .

An undercover drug bust nearly turned deadly Friday when two teens held a Hillsborough detective at gunpoint in Riverview.

Teen's alleged bomb threat leaves him grounded in Florida jail A teenager accused of making a bomb threat on a flight from Florida this week will remain in custody.

Melanie Hess, 56, was arrested and charged with neglect of an elderly disabled adult after a woman was found severely malnourished in her home.

Jim Wells County Precinct 1 Commissioner George Aguilar agrees there’s a need for more jail space — but says the county has other priorities to consider as well.

A nurse at the Adams County Detention Facility was arrested on suspicion of bringing drugs into secure areas of the jail, sheriff’s officials said Friday.

Stark County commissioners have given final approval for the jail renovation, the largest public works project in county history.

Alligator Alcatraz, the migrant detention center in the Florida Everglades, is surrounded by swamps infested with massive Burmese pythons.

A Putnam County Sheriff’s Office 911 dispatcher lost her job after an employee discovered two deceased dogs in her former apartment, leading to her arrest on animal cruelty charges.