In a plea agreement filed in late January, Benjamin Shoemaker agreed to plead guilty to a federal charge of conspiracy against rights as well as two counts of deprivation of rights.

The ninth former Walker County jail employee who agreed to plead guilty in connection to the death of Tony Mitchell made his ...

Former Walker County Correctional Officer Megan Johnson pleaded guilty for her role in the 2023 death of inmate Tony Mitchell.

Officers intentionally kept the conditions in a local Alabama jail “as filthy as possible” to convince county commissioners to increase salaries and jail budget, a ploy that eventually killed one ...

Plea documents in the case against a former Alabama jailer charged in the death of an inmate says officers intentionally kept ...

Patrick Grayson Spann escaped from the Hinds County detention facility in Mississippi, took a dead man's name and had two ...

A body that was discovered in Alabama nearly 20 years ago was identified as an escaped inmate who had been using a fake name, officials said. The body was originally discovered by hunters in October ...

DeKalb County, GA — The DeKalb County Jail has reported its first inmate death of the year. A spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office said jail staff responded to a medical emergency on the morning of ...

Recent incidents include inmate suicides and overdoses, highlighting ongoing safety concerns at the jail. The jail is investigating how drugs are entering the facility, including potential ...