Jail Security

During a second scan, the assistant jail commander noticed the object in the arrestee had moved

Whatcom County's current jail, which is 40 years old, is considered too small for current needs and requires millions of dollars in safety renovations

The injunction prohibited inmates from being chained to a front bench for more than four hours and required that the center be kept sanitary

Sarasota County Jail staff attempted to revive the wounded inmate, but he was pronounced dead

Officials want the St. Louis County Council to approve $1.6 million from the general fund to hire an additional 27 correctional officers

The four have their sentencing postponed as there are additional "targets" that will face charges for participating in or covering up the assault

Drug drop offs at Barry J. Nidorf Juvenile Hall are so blatant that arrows were spray painted on the fences to indicate where to throw the substances

Planned improvements include upgrading inmate housing units and raising minimum pay for COs

Cobb County Sheriff Craig Owens said the wristbands act as a means to quickly respond to inmate medical emergencies

If you aren't paying attention to your security keys, you're putting your safety and the safety of others at risk

The officer was arrested within hours of investigators receiving a tip

The playing cards, designed to elicit new leads, are being used to compromise locking mechanisms, the sheriff said

When analyzed in abstract terms, the intelligence process sounds vague, complicated and difficult to execute. This need not be the case

Technology acts as a force multiplier to help investigators keep tabs on arrivals and expose potential conflicts

The thwarting of inmate plans for escape, drug trafficking, gang activity or assaults does not occur by chance