MARIETTA, Ohio (WTAP) - Washington County has launched their IGNITE Program at the Washington County Jail with a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday morning. IGNITE stands for Inmate Growth Naturally and ...

The counties ended up on the list despite efforts to find ways to challenge Washington state’s “sanctuary” law.

Ten inmates at the Washington County jail were baptized April 8 in an event that Mike Pierson, chaplain, called “moving” and “powerful.” Pierson said some of the inmates had been inquiring about the ...

Fairfax County police are investigating the death of an inmate Monday at the Fairfax County jail, officials said. Sam Zu Yung, 32, was found unresponsive about 6:15 p.m. in his single cell at the ...

SEATTLE — Washington taxpayers ... payments on legal claims filed by jail employees. King County, operating the state's largest jail system, topped the list with expenditures exceeding $17.8 ...

MACHIAS, Maine (WABI) - A 27-year-old inmate at the Washington County Jail has died. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says on Wednesday night, authorities responded to the jail in Machias ...

Up to six Washington County inmates could be detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Jose Turcios Salmeron, a native of El Salvador, was being held at Washington County Jail on ...

A Black jail inmate ... is suing a Washington state sheriff's office. The lawsuit in federal court alleges deputies used excessive force during the 2021 encounter in the Clark County Jail, which ...

"We notify the local ICE agent when an inmate in Westmoreland County is not a U.S. citizen, and we cooperate with ICE. Like Washington County ... Allegheny County Jail doesn't contract with ...

Washington had the fourth-highest death rate of local jail inmates in the country, according to the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics. In rural Garfield County, Kyle Lara died by suicide while inc ...

Officials say a social worker visiting the Snohomish County Jail nearly delivered prescription opiates to an inmate by accident ... in those reviews to the Washington State Department of Health ...

A former King County Jail ... to inmates and allowed them to assault one another. Ramos’ unwavering abuse of power is an aggravating factor for his sentence.” MyNorthwest News: Washington ...