A new report from the Iowa ombudsman accuses two jails of using restraint chairs to confine inmates for long periods, sometimes for punishment. The Iowa Office of Ombudsman investigated four inmate ...

Jail officials say they're sending about 75 inmates to jails in other counties each day. Boone County Jail is currently over capacity. Officials say as of Wednesday, January 22, the jail had 289 ...

Lebanon, Ind. (WISH) — At least seven people hospitalized after Boone County Sheriff’s Office jail transport van crashed into another vehicle Friday morning in Lebanon. Lebanon Police Department ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. LEBANON, Ind. — A Boone County Sheriff’s ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. State correctional officials should tighten their requirements for restraining unruly jail inmates and ...

Two Iowa county jails misused restraint chairs against inmates who were in the throes of a mental health crisis, a new report from the Iowa Office of Ombudsman alleges.Restraint devices that are ...

The Boone County Jail is currently over capacity. Officials the jail had 289 inmates on its books on Wednesday — and it's paying for 75 of them to be housed in other counties. The jail was built in ...