An Ohio county jail is under renewed scrutiny after Democratic lawmakers urged state officials to investigate what they describe as unsafe and degrading conditions — including the use of a so-called ...

The Butler County Jail will be opening as a warming center during the winter storm and will activate the Emergency Operations ...

The Butler County Jail will be featured in '120 Hours Behind Bars,' a docuseries airing Monday on The Discovery Channel.

Local elected officials and attorneys are working to learn more about the conditions faced by ICE detainees at the Butler County Jail, who have reported overcrowding, limited food and other complaints ...

The Butler County Jail will be featured on a new Discovery Channel series giving an "unfiltered look inside America's ...

A letter from three Ohio legislators criticizing conditions of the Butler County Jail has sparked the ire of Butler County Sheriff Richard Jones.

Sheriff Richard Jones said his contracts with ICE are nothing new, and these efforts are working to keep Butler County safe.

The Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections has investigated complaints about overcrowding and other alleged sub-par conditions at the Butler County Jail and declared them “unfounded.” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The federal government is paying the Butler County Sheriff's Office more money to detain immigrants facing deportation. The ...

Residents and state lawmakers have raised questions about the jail's conditions, its capacity and the ethics of a federal ...

Butler County Sheriff's Office starts Corrections Academy, training 13 cadets in cell searches and contraband detection.