Franklin County Jail has announced four staff promotions within its leadership team. Matthew Elliott has been promoted to ...

One such friend was Patricia Wernert, who began her incarceration in 1976 on an aggravated murder charge and was originally ...

A task force ordered by President Donald Trump to combat crime in Memphis, Tennessee, has made thousands of arrests, compounding strains on the busy local court system and an already overcrowded jail ...

Franklin County inmates celebrate Thanksgiving with an annual dinner served by the Franklin County Sheriffs Office staff.

Oxford County commissioners put $40,000 in the 2026 budget this week, should they decide to join in investigating options for ...

Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as ...

The tax package known as Enhance Elmore would have raised taxes and fees about $5.4 million annually. Voters overwhelmingly ...

NYS DOCCS announced it will consolidate part of the Collins Correctional Facility campus and close Bare Hill Correctional ...

Franklin County corrections officers are sounding the alarm about what they say is a staffing emergency. Nearly 50% of ...

Under a recently approved contract, Franklin County Prison can house male and female offenders over the age of 18 in the Cumberland County Prison depending on space availability.

Franklin County officials plan to demolish the former Downtown jail next year, clearing the way for a potential mixed-use ...

Beshear said legal reason prevent him from signing a death warrant for a man convicted of murder, but Coleman claims those reasons are invalid.