Inmates at the Porter County Jail deemed at risk for suicide, those suffering from mental illness, or detoxing from drugs or alcohol are placed in a padded cell.

The man accused of killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding a state senator and ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- The man charged with killing former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman and her husband, and wounding a state senator and his wife, is due back in federal court Thursday for ...

An unshaven Boelter was brought in wearing just a green padded suicide ... to the jail after his first court appearance on June 16. She said the lights are on in his area 24 hours a day, doors slam ...

Vance Boelter, the man accused of assassinating the Minnesota House Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman and her husband Mark, has been on suicide watch at the Sherburne County Jail. Friday his attorneys ...

Former Minnesota House Speaker Melissa Hortman laid in state in the Minnesota Capitol rotunda. Hortman, her husband, and their dog were killed in a June 14 attack.

What we know about Vance Boelter, Minnesota shooting suspect Boelter was captured after a two-day manhunt. He appeared in federal court Friday wearing a green, padded suicide prevention cloak that’s ...

County Commission Chairman Rob Robertson said that the request qualified to come from the money provided to Tuscaloosa County through an opioid crisis settlement.

Critics say the jail’s cage-like enclosures constitute a form of solitary confinement that exacerbates mental illness and makes the jail less safe overall.