Two deputies were sent to the hospital after an inmate attacked them with a homemade weapon at Polk County Jail.

Michelle Ackelson is accused of animal neglect. The Polk County Sheriff's Office says the animals were taken from a mobile ...

Two Polk County Jail staff members were sent to the hospital on Saturday after an inmate stabbed them, according to the ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says an investigation recently revealed that a group of inmates worked together to financially exploit and physically abuse a disabled inmate.

Five Polk County Jail inmates have been arrested, as well as the girlfriend of one of the inmates, for allegedly attacking and financially exploiting another inmate.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says they were made aware on Nov. 11 of the exploitation and physical assault of the disabled inmate by the group of inmates. 14 felony warrants were issued as ...

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.

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.

An inmate has died while being held in the Polk County Jail.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has been housing inmates at a Louisiana facility in order to remain in compliance.

The Polk County Medical Examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine Nelson’s cause of death and the State Attorney’s Office will have the final word on the deputies’ use of force.

According to a media release from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office, on Oct. 30, around 1:00 a.m., Polk County Corrections Officers discovered an inmate in his cell unconscious and not breathing ...