GOSHEN, Ind. — A former booking specialist at the Elkhart County Jail has turned herself in after an investigation revealed she stole over $27,000 from former inmates’ secure Trust Fund accounts.

The proposed changes come after scrutiny of the amounts in some inmates accounts, particularly inmates with notoriety. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and Department of Justice (DOJ) are ...

A January audit of Harris County inmates' commissary accounts identified critical oversights and financial control failures, including violations of state law and county policies. It's the latest in a ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — The Blair County Prison Board has put a hold on a proposed $5 fee for writing a check to return money to released or transferred inmates, pending research into options that could put ...

For about five months, nearly 350 inmates in Vermont prisons were unable to access money that they or family members had deposited into accounts to pay for calls, messages and entertainment on tablets ...

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 ...

GOSHEN, Ind. (WISH) — A former jail employee turned herself into Elkhart County officials Tuesday after an investigation learned she’d stolen over $27,000 from inmate accounts. Haley Atherton, 26, ...

A glitch in the Hopkins County Jail’s commissary system allowed inmates to receive credits on their account every time they ordered baby powder. According to the county’s jailer, one inmate was able ...