May 15—Jails in Kentucky are required by law to provide 2,400 calories in meals every day to inmates. There's no law requiring jails to provide additional commissary services. Daviess County Jailer ...

As new Cuyahoga County Executive Chris Ronayne took office earlier this year, he promised two core “New Cuyahoga” goals -- a more humane County Jail and safer housing for the children in county ...

When it comes to being a jail inmate, comforts are hard to come by. And that’s the point — those who are either convicted or suspected of committing certain crimes, under Washington state law, lose ...

A new website launched by the county treasurer makes it easier to find your forgotten money from court cases, jail accounts, ...

Pleasures from the outside world are few for the inmates of the Stark County Jail. There’s visitation. Mail. Phone calls. And the commissary. Oreo cookies, Snickers candy bars, Snyder’s Bar-B-Q Potato ...

BENTONVILLE — Sales at the Benton County Jail commissary are averaging $9,000 a week, almost triple January’s figures. That’s the kind of growth a certain retailer down the street would love to report ...

In a small store at the Johnson County jail, inmates buy luxuries that most people can buy at their nearest convenience store. They buy cookies, chips, candy, sodas, condiments, toiletries and flannel ...

MUNCIE, Ind. − Delaware County Sheriff Tony Skinner brought a proposed ordinance to county council that provides guidelines for spending money his department receives from the jail commissary. "I've ...

Ask almost anyone who’s spent time in the Durham County Detention Facility what it’s like, and you’ll hear three things: The food sucks, it’s cold, and items for sale in the commissary are overpriced.

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) — The commissary items range from 40 cents for a toothbrush to $7 for an item of women’s underwear. Candy bars like Hershey’s, Snickers, Reese’s peanut butter cups or Skittles ...