A state Department of Corrections employee is accused of coercing a Fayette County prison inmate into sexual acts. Court paperwork stated Elise Fahringer, 37, admitted she had a physical relationship ...

Faced with the possibility of default, members of the Mercer County Commission warned Tuesday that painful cuts could be forthcoming if they are forced to pay the full amount of the ...

Fayette County authorities are looking for Skyler R. Cohernour, who prosecutors say failed to appear for arraignment after being indicted on felony conspiracy and fentanyl charges.

The Mercer County Commission may have to pay its full regional jail bill after all. The commission voted last month to place ...

A Burke County Sheriff’s deputy has resigned from his position following an alleged assault. This comes after two-officer-involved incidents last week at the county jail ...

Sheriffs in Fayette and Coweta counties say local jails are housing dozens of inmates with serious mental illness while they wait months — sometimes a year ...

SAN MARCOS, Texas — As inmates are booked into the Hays County Jail, the secure doors opening and closing are the last sounds of freedom they hear. "My life was out of control," an inmate named Gary ...

An inmate serving a life sentence was found unresponsive in his cell at the State Correctional Institution at Camp Hill, prison officials announced on Monday, Jan. 26. James Campbell, 46, was found ...

The suspect in a Uniontown homicide was booked into the Fayette County jail late Wednesday afternoon after being transported back from Maryland. Braedon Dickinson, 18, of Connellsville was taken into ...

After a family raised concerns earlier this month that the Fayette County Jail was too cold, Sheriff Barry Babb invited The Citizen to tour the facility and review maintenance records documenting what ...

WACO, Texas (KWTX) - The McLennan County jail nurse who may have exposed about a dozen inmates to the virus that causes AIDS has been fired, the county’s attorney confirmed Tuesday. While the ...