Authorities in North Carolina say an escaped inmate fatally shot a detention officer with his own gun, then fled in a stolen vehicle before being captured in another county.

Jefferson Parish continues to celebrate its Bicentennial, and at Jefferson Parish East Bank Regional Library they are doing so by making busts of Thomas Jefferson.

A jailbreak, a massive manhunt and a push to fix New Orleans’ broken lockup The 10 men broke out of a New Orleans jail in an escape straight out of Hollywood. Now, with one escapee still on the ...

The St. Helena Sheriff’s Office responded to a medical emergency at the St. Helena Parish jail, where they found inmate Rogers B. Vernon, 40, dead.

35-year-old Harvey man ID'd as inmate who died at Jefferson Parish jail in Gretna John Young II is fifth person to die in JPSO custody this year.

South Carolina kills inmate serving two separate death sentences in state’s sixth execution in nine months.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff’s Office is investigating the second in-custody death to happen this month.

The Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office is investigating an inmate death after a medical emergency. Autopsy to reveal cause of death.

A man who was an inmate of the Jefferson Parish Correctional Center in Gretna died after experiencing a medical emergency. Another inmate died just a week ago.