The Polk County Sheriff’s Office and Lakeland Police Department shared a series of Facebook posts by 29-year-old Aaron Donta Johnson, who was a wanted man for violating a pretrial release condition.

None of 13 U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement inmates in custody at Brown County Jail were arrested by ICE in Brown County, the sheriff said.

Polk County residents are deciding whether to approve a levy to fund operations and repairs at the Polk County Fairgrounds in Rickreall, Oregon.

The county has failed to comply with Texas' mandated ratio of one detention officer for every 48 inmates, Sheriff Byron Lyons wrote in a news release Wednesday.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is temporarily housing inmates at a facility in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, due to staffing shortages at the Polk County Jail.

For his last trick, a Polk County inmate “done Houdini'd his way outta custody in two counties," according to the Polk County deputies searching for him.

An inmate at the Athens-Clarke County Jail died on Monday, the second death of an inmate at the jail in the past three weeks.

BOLIVAR, Mo. — A green card holder from Sudan has been booked in the Polk County Jail for felony charges stemming from alleged sex crimes in a Bolivar residential facility last year.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office warns of a scam targeting families of recent jail inmates, urging caution and advising against sending money.

Police allege Ivan Rosalio Mendez-Perez, 31, punched Polk County Jail deputies and grabbed a female deputy inappropriately, making vulgar comments.

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