Fulton County Jail inmates claim staff panicked and fire extinguishers were empty during a chaotic Friday night fire that sent nine people to the hospital.

A small fire started by an inmate at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center resulted in no major injuries, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office confirmed. LPSO ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Two inmates at the Cook County Jail were sent to the hospital early Wednesday after a small fire in a maximum security division, the Cook County Sheriff's Office said. Authorities ...

The deficiencies leave the state's largest county jail system, where another inmate died this week, out of compliance with ...

Bibb County Sheriff’s Office sits off of Oglethorpe Street on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, in Macon, Georgia. Katie Tucker/The Telegraph An inmate started a fire inside the Bibb County Jail Thursday ...

Preliminary information suggests the inmate tampered with a light fixture in his cell to start the fire, authorities said.

A male inmate was found unresponsive in the Clinton County Jail Sunday, according to the Clinton County Sheriff’s Office.

Jones said deputies found the 51-year-old inmate unresponsive on the floor of a jail cell around 5:53 p.m. Deputies tried CPR ...

ST. LOUIS — Inmates at the St. Louis City Justice Center smashed windows, threw debris and clogged drains in a disturbance that started early Saturday morning. About 115 inmates on the fourth floor ...