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THE INFORMER: Wrecking ball claims old Calcasieu Parish Jail
Destruction of a historic downtown Calcasieu Parish building will begin this week. But the hundreds of thousands who’ve ...
The families of 3 people who died in jail say sheriff’s deputies were negligent. An oversight board disagrees.
The deaths of Ray Vogelman, Aaron Bonin and Roselee Bartolacci were on CLERB’s Thursday agenda. The board’s investigators ...
Washington taxpayers shell out $60 million for jail claims, lawsuits as oversight bills fail
Local governments and insurers paid over $60 million to resolve and defend hundreds of jail-related claims in the last five years, a KING 5 investigation found.
Former Beltrami County jail nurse charged in inmate’s 2018 death
More than six years after the death of an inmate in the Beltrami County jail, Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison has charged the nursing director of the Bemidji jail’s former health care ...
Woman, 37, charged in 2018 death of northern Minnesota jail inmate
A 37-year-old woman is facing three charges in connection with the 2018 in-custody death of Hardel Sherrell​ at Beltrami County Jail.
Former Lincoln County correctional sergeant charged with assaulting an inmate
The inmate required medical attention after she sustained multiple broken ribs and a laceration above her right eye that required stiches, officials say.