Jail Security

The prison board approved the up to $3.5 million project to add walls and a roof to Chester County prison's eight exercise yards

Howard Holland, acting warden of Chester County Prison, proposed new fencing, ankle monitors for high-risk inmates, more cameras in the facility and establishing a K-9 unit to enhance security

The German Shorthaired Pointers and their handlers will detect drugs in Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office jails and courthouse holding areas

Sheriff Patrick Labat says the jail will follow "our normal practices” when former President Trump arrives for booking

“There are many routes that one can take to end up in jail....this is a new one,” the Morgan County Sheriff's Office said

The jail's consultant said in a letter to the judge that plans for shared cells and a circular layout of housing units would be a problem for mentally ill inmates

Chronic turnover and staff shortages have prompted the sheriff to implement technology to help keep inmates safe in the wake of violations cited by the health department

The price to hold an inmate at Casper jail has increased to around $141 a day

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The increase is primarily driven by significant growth in local jail populations, as efforts to reduce incarceration due to the COVID-19 pandemic have been reversed

Stakeholders have blamed a staffing crisis for the deteriorating conditions that led a state board to declare two juvenile halls as “unsuitable” for the confinement of youth

Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center has been under scrutiny because of severe understaffing, violence inside the jail and reports of poor conditions for detainees

Ohio corrections officials said investigators determined the inmates left the correctional facility “after concealing themselves in a dumpster"

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