WORTHINGTON — Nobles County commissioners created a Jail Economics Committee that includes commissioners Chris Dybevick and Justin Ahlers, Nobles County Administrator Bruce Heitkamp, and ...

A Jim Wells County commissioner is raising concerns about the growing cost of housing and transporting inmates as jails across Texas continue to deal with overcrowding. “That's the largest issue here.

Parole holds in the Minnehaha County Jail are costing the county money, county sheriff Mike Milstead said. The state pays the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - The state says it's closing a southeastern Ohio prison unit housing about 430 inmates to save money. The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction says inmates will be ...

Scott County has spent more than $1.2 million housing inmates in other county jails this fiscal year. Here's where the money ...