Sheriff Gerald Sticker says the new $250,000 X-ray scanner is part of a security overhaul in his first year on the job.

The TPSO officials said they recovered drugs, makeshift weapons and other prohibited items, such as cellphones. The jail ...

The operation turned up drugs, makeshift weapons and other prohibited items like cellphones. The jail sweep had been in planning for several weeks as it is part of TPSO’s new operational ...

For the second time since last September, Tangipahoa Parish authorities made a sweep of the parish's jail and seized drugs, ...

Raymond Minaya, 29, is facing a longer sentence in part due to a sharpened metal rod and cell phones found stashed in his ...

A comprehensive five-year study by the U.S. Sentencing Commission (USSC), covering fiscal years 2019 through 2023, provides the most detailed look yet at the persistent challenge of contraband within ...

The Catahoula Parish Sheriff’s Office is seeking charges against a current Catahoula Correctional Center inmate after a shank ...

The tunnel was just over half a mile long and extended more than 1,000 feet into U.S. territory, border officials said.

Santa Rosa man was arrested for multiple weapons violations after accidentally firing a shotgun and possessing illegal arms.

Chief Jailer Jarrett Gorlin says they found makeshift fishing line in a cell already closed because someone had burned a hole in the window. He said they were using it to reel in the contraband ...

Minaya’s lawyer described the shank as protection after a particularly violent period at the notorious Sunset Park jail, but ...