The county is now seeking proposals from qualified firms to assess the jail and estimate repair costs. One jail official estimates it could cost $150 million.

In November 2023, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office arrested him for exposing himself to two different women in two separate incidents. Mountain is currently being held at the Polk County Jail. The ...

Alan Alderman and Thornton Arnold were arrested in Polk County on Friday, May 30, 2025, after six dogs were found amid “deplorable” conditions inside a 107-degree home that lacked power and ...

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.

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.

DES MOINES, Iowa — A Des Moines man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to involuntary manslaughter after an attack in the Polk County Jail led to a fellow inmate's death, the Polk County Attorney's Office said ...

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

CHARLOTTE, N.C., April 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Last month the Polk County Iowa Sheriff's Department in collaboration with CJCC released their publicly available jail dashboard which provides ...

During an exclusive tour of the jail, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar said his team is improving the jail with cutting-edge technology, medical training and streamlined processes.

Polk County deputies rescued a duck, "Bernice," after she was found trying to escape the jail perimeter. She was treated for an injury and given a new home.