Diana Knapp, the county’s director of corrections for eight years, is leaving just as the new $317 million county detention ...

Rasaan Eason, 22, of Kansas City, was identified as the Jackson County inmate that died Saturday after ingesting an ‘unknown substance.' ...

Diana Knapp, director of the Jackson County Detention Center, put in her resignation Sunday, just weeks before the opening of the county’s new jail.

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said corrections officers were conducting scheduled bed-checks when they found two inmates unresponsive.

Jackson County Sheriff Rick Meyer recently announced the release of a custom smartphone application. The app will serve as an innovative way for the sheriff’s office to connect with Jackson County ...

HOLTON, Kan. (WIBW) - Two people were arrested in the Jackson County Jail parking lot over the weekend, officials said. The arrested individuals were identified as Julie Kathleen Grey, 53, and Brandon ...

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 44-year-old inmate who was hospitalized after a medical emergency at the Jackson County Detention Center.The Kansas City Fire ...

One man died and another is hospitalized with critical injuries after an incident at the Jackson County Detention Center ...

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation after a man was found unresponsive at the Jackson County Detention Center and later died at a local hospital overnight.

UPDATE: A fourth person has been arrested in connection with the robbery. Additional information can be found here – 4 ...