It sounds like an episode of "The Andy Griffith Show," but when an inmate took a flip-flip to a sprinkler in the OK County jail, it was no comedy.

As the Phelps County Jail in Rolla, Missouri, gets used as an ICE holding facility, a group of 50 activists known as Abide in Love are helping immigrant detainees contact their families and ...

Shasta County Sheriff calls temporary closure of one floor, with rotating closures of other floors later on so upgrades can be done there.

An investigation is underway after three Harris County jail inmates died just a little more than 24 hours apart.

A trustee came ready to throw in the towel and disband the Oklahoma County jail trust, but instead said secret benefactors could save the broke jail.

Authorities ID inmate who died at St. Louis County Jail The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension is investigating at the request of the sheriff's office.

The Bexar County Medical Examiner’s Office officially identified an inmate who died in the Bexar County jail this week.

The Harris County Jail reported three inmate deaths within just over 24 hours, according to the sheriff's office.

Local News BCA investigating death of inmate at Duluth jail First responders were called to the St. Louis County Jail on a report of an unresponsive inmate in their cell.

An unidentified 32-year-old woman who had been in Pueblo County Jail for just over a day was found unresponsive in her cell Tuesday afternoon, sheriff’s officials said.