Monroe County's Jumble Firewood business offers local wood processed by people with criminal pasts that most employers won't ...

Jackson County Executive Frank White Jr. announced the deal, which follows recommendations from city and county staff.

The county sees inmates stay longer than city offenders ... figure out how to make this happen because we all agree that ...

Miller said Ormsbee died after escaping and jumping from a moving sheriff's office transport van at about 7:40 a.m. on Oct.

Following years of discussions, Kansas City has reached an agreement to buy land for a new city jail to be built on the same ...

Madison County Sheriff Julian Wiser provided an annual update on the department and its various divisions in a presentation for the Jackson Rotary Club ...

A prisoner caused a barricade situation Tuesday in the Phillips Counjty Detention Center. Authorities said a prisoner who was ...

The city contracted with the county for jail space after closing its own jail. Trouble ensued, but now they are pairing up ...

A $2.3 million sale agreement has been reached so that Kansas City can construct a new municipal jail alongside Jackson County’s new detention center.

RELATED: Broken locks, bursting pipes: A look inside Jackson County’s crumbling jail Had the August millage passed, the Chanter Road facility would have become the jail for all county inmates ...