Overcrowding Issues

The average Lancaster County Jail population for this year's first quarter was 642, compared with 565 during the same three month timeframe last year

The Fulton County sheriff said the three members of his executive team had more than 65 years of collective experience in law enforcement and running a jail

The announcement came after the family of Lashawn Thompson, 35, who was found covered in bed bugs after he died inside the jail last year, called for an investigation

Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed a law that will require anyone convicted of any of 18 violent offenses to serve 100% of their sentences

There were nearly 19,000 male inmates in Alabama correctional facilities in buildings designed to house just 11,000

The DOC would be required to pick up inmates awaiting transport within three business days of sentencing

The legislation would create oversight of the board without taking away its independent decision making process

With the state's prison system being over capacity by nearly 13.7%, the state plans to transfer out some of the most dangerous prisoners to another penitentiary

Officials say overcrowding and understaffing have created dangerous conditions; last year, the jail's population exceeded its capacity

The suit says counties are unfairly stuck with the costs of housing, feeding and providing medical and psychiatric care for inmates

The order did not attempt to address crowding going forward, as the city and state continue to scramble for alternatives

"The release of this information could allow an individual to anticipate weakness in the infrastructure of the Hidalgo County jail," attorneys said

A county judge said the cost of expanding the jail would be "astronomical"

Council President Pernel Jones, Jr. called the actions “reckless fearmongering,” and said that the county has all the information it needs to move forward with a new jail

“The building is deteriorating by the day,” Fulton County Sheriff Patrick Labat said. “I’ve been sounding this alarm for 365 days if not longer.”