Sheriff Nick Smith denies wrongdoing as investigators probe Tony Mitchell’s death. Mitchell died after being held in a cell known as “The Freezer.” ...

Around 2 a.m. Saturday, a spokesperson for the Jackson County Sheriff's Office said corrections officers found two unresponsive inmates inside a housing unit at the detention center.

The jail death of a man who suffered from mental illness drew criminal charges against Alabama guards. The sheriff says he’s done nothing wrong.

One man died and another is hospitalized with critical injuries after an incident at the Jackson County Detention Center ...

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said corrections officers were conducting scheduled bed-checks when they found two inmates unresponsive.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation after a man was found unresponsive at the Jackson County Detention Center and later died at a local hospital overnight.

Saturday morning about 2:00 a.m. corrections officers at the Jackson County Detention Center were making routine well-being checks when they found two inmates unresponsive in the housing unit ...

Sheriff Labat criticized what he described as a pattern of significant proposals being announced publicly without coordination with those who operate the jail.

Diana Knapp, director of the Jackson County Detention Center, put in her resignation Sunday, just weeks before the opening of the county’s new jail.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Jackson County’s Jail Director has resigned, and Sheriff Deryl Forté has already named two temporary replacements. Forté announced on Monday, March 2, that Deputy Directors ...

Diana Knapp, the county’s director of corrections for eight years, is leaving just as the new $317 million county detention ...