Harvey Jacobs, 54, was found unresponsive in his bunk at the Jefferson County Detention Facility shortly after 8:30 a.m.

Jefferson County has agreed to pay a settlement with a man who blinded himself while being held at the county jail.

A Jefferson County jail inmate died after intervening in a fight between two others on Nov. 17, and his death has been ruled a homicide, according to Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office officials.

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Tennessee — A Jefferson County inmate is dead after deputies found him unresponsive early Sunday morning, according to the Jefferson County Sheriff's Office. At around 12:17 a.m., ...

A Nederland man faces manslaughter charges after allegedly causing an inmate's death at Jefferson County Jail.

BEAUMONT, Texas — Jefferson County prosecutors have re-indicted a woman accused of causing another inmate's death by providing fentanyl-laced heroin, marking the second such case affected by potential ...

Thirty-seven of Ohio's 88 counties have received funding through a grant program aimed at providing mental health and ...

LITTLE ROCK (KATV) – The U.S. Marshals are searching for two escaped inmates from the Jefferson County Detention Center. Marshals were notified around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday that they were missing. They ...

JEFFERSON COUNTY, Wis. (WKOW) -- An inmate who did not return to the Jefferson County Jail after a work shift in June is now back in custody. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office had been looking for ...

The state Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training on Tuesday voted to decertify two ex-officers -- one accused of striking an inmate after a jailhouse fight and the other of lying after ...

DENVER (KDVR) — On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Denver posted to X, asking for the public’s help searching for a man arrested for DUI and released by Jefferson County, a ...