Cleburne County deputy injured during rescue of 2 hikers

First responders and the Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office were called to the area of U.S. Highway 281, just south of County ...
WVTM Channel 13

Cleburne County deputy injured while rescuing two lost hikers on Pinhoti Trail

A Cleburne County sheriff's deputy was injured Wednesday during a search for two hikers reported lost on the Pinhoti Trail.
CNN

How 3 inmates were able to escape a Georgia jail before being recaptured

A routine facility check at a county jail just east of Atlanta on Monday morning suddenly turned into a manhunt after officials discovered three men, all accused of violent crimes, had escaped the ...
WYFF

FBI accuse Georgia inmates of hijacking Lyft to Miami during escape

HOSPITAL WHERE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO RECOVER. IN GEORGIA, THE THREE FUGITIVES CAPTURED AFTER ESCAPING A DEKALB COUNTY JAIL ARE FACING NEW CHARGES. THE FBI SAYS IT IS FILING FEDERAL KIDNAPING CHARGES ...
KREM

Two inmates die from overdoses in Spokane County Jail; third inmate survives

SPOKANE, Wash. — There were three overdoses in the Spokane County Jail on Monday, two of them deadly. Martha Lou Wheatley-Billeter, Communications Manager with Spokane County confirmed with KREM 2 ...
The Spokesman-Review

Two Spokane County Jail inmates die within an hour of each other; overdoses suspected

Drug overdoses are suspected in the Monday deaths of two Spokane County Jail inmates, according to the county government’s spokesperson. Officials are investigating the deaths and how drugs were ...
KREM

6 inmates at Kootenai County Jail treated for fentanyl overdoses

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Six inmates at the Kootenai County Jail overdosed on fentanyl on Friday night, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office. KCSO says deputies at the jail responded when ...
KVUE

Alabama inmates plan work strike as families say crisis continues in the prison system

ELMORE, Ala.(AP) — Family and advocates of people incarcerated in Alabama prisons on Thursday said they want to keep a public spotlight on problems in state lockups and said inmates are planning ...
KXAN

Lee County Sheriff discontinues online jail roster, citing fraud targeting inmates, relatives

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lee County Sheriff Garrett Durrenberger said Monday evening that his office would end its online roster of inmates in custody at the county’s jail in Giddings, Texas. He said that he ...
The New York Times

In a Brutal Mississippi Jail, Inmates Say They Were Enlisted as Enforcers

High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top. By Brian HoweyMukta Joshi ...
KTHV

Search underway for missing & endangered Cleburne County man

CLEBURNE COUNTY, ARKANSAS, Ark. — The Cleburne County Sheriff's Office has requested the Arkansas State Police to issue a missing/endangered advisory for a 56-year-old man. Robert McKay was last seen ...