The Iowa Department of Corrections has refused to change its administrative rules to help ensure that county jails aren't illegally seizing inmates' money, according to the state ombudsman. (Photo by ...

Vague policies and poor training due to high turnover resulted in more than $50,000 misspent from the state prison's inmate welfare fund, legislative auditors reported Tuesday. The Montana Department ...

BENT COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) - Bent County is investigating the inmate account after it was overdrawn this summer. The Bent County Commissioners questioned Bent County Sheriff Jake Six about the account ...

John L. Ross, The Times-Tribune, Corbin, Ky. By John L. Ross, The Times-Tribune, Corbin, Ky. McClatchy-Tribune Information Services May 08--The eight Whitley County Jailer candidates who gathered at ...

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A second former Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office employee was arrested Tuesday (Dec. 3), accused of taking part in a scheme to skim $90,000 from the agency’s inmate trust fund. The ...

One former Orleans Parish Sheriff's Office employee is in jail after allegedly stealing federal grant funds and more will soon face felony charges after allegedly bilking inmates of their commissary ...

A former Dallas County Sheriff’s Department employee who admitted to embezzling more than $250,000 from the department’s jail inmate property fund was sentenced Monday to nearly three years in federal ...

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — The controversial Inmate Welfare Fund at the Fulton County Jail is getting an overhaul after Channel 2 Action News exposed misspending. Fulton County Commission Chair Robb Pitts ...

The funds held more than $19 million at the end of 2024 but receive no scrutiny from lawmakers. Some Michigan inmates say that despite large balances in the funds intended to help them, they can't ...

The Iowa Department of Corrections has refused to change its administrative rules to help ensure the state’s county jails aren’t illegally seizing inmates’ money, according to the state ombudsman’s ...