A tornado warning has been issued this morning for a portion of Polk County, including Des Moines, Ankeny, Altoona, Saylorville, Bondurant. That warning is expected to remain in effect until 6:45 a.m.

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

DES MOINES, Iowa | The Polk County Jail has been less crowded than usual, easing concerns that the county might need to spend money to open a vacant wing.

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

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.

Like many, Polk County is among the jails in Texas dealing with staffing shortages, leading to them moving inmates to Louisiana.

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.

The Bay County Sheriff's Office is investigating the death of a pregnant Bay County Jail inmate.

Three Polk County Sheriff's Office jailers are accused of beating a 34-year-old inmate from Kingwood.

POLK COUNTY, Texas — Three Polk County jailers have been arrested after an inmate was reportedly assaulted inside Polk County Jail. Three jailers, identified as Ty Paredes, 27, of Shepherd ...

A lawsuit claims that an inmate developed a severe infection from a gunshot wound after deliberately neglectful medical treatment at the South County Jail in Frostproof. Jason L. Pickles, now ...