The pairing of Yanko Romero and Brandt Diaz in a shared cell has raised questions about whether the Lee County Sheriff's ...

Diaz was asleep around 3 a.m. when his cellmate Yanko Romero — a man facing murder charges — beat him repeatedly in the face, leaving him unconscious on the floor.

A Carrabelle man will spend life behind bars after authorities say he struck an inmate he was housed with at the Lee County Jail. On Tuesday morning, Lee Circuit Judge Robert Branning adjudicated ...

LEE COUNTY, Ala. (WTVM ... On June 22, deputies were collecting laundry from inmates in the F-Wing section of the jail when one of the inmates escaped from his cell, ran past officers and ...

Nestor Montoya, spokesperson for the Lee County Sheriff's Office, said that as of Wednesday afternoon they reported 477 inmates at the main jail and another 1,169 inmates at their Core facility.

Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson said Shawn D. Perrigin, 43, was being transferred from where he was being held to the shower area when he collapsed Saturday morning. The jail staff immediately ...

TUPELO — Lee County officials approved a 60% increase in the rate they charge other agencies to house inmates at the county jail. The move is to balance the increasing costs of operating the jail.

TUPELO – An autopsy is planned for a Mooreville man who collapsed at the Lee Country Jail and later died, just hours after he was arrested on misdemeanor charges. Lee County Sheriff Jim Johnson ...