All citizens are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Felony arrests featured in this report were made and placed ...

NACOGDOCHES — The Nacogdoches County jail has been battling an outbreak of the coronavirus that has infected more than 100 inmates, sidelined more than a dozen staff members and prompted Sheriff Jason ...

NACOGDOCHES COUNTY, TX (KTRE) - A jail inmate who escaped while she was at a hospital is back in custody, according to the Nacogdoches County Sheriff’s Office. Robin Copeland, 56, of Nacogdoches ...

The TCJS also ruled that the Nacogdoches County Jail was non-compliant in April of 2021. The jail inspector cited the jail for failures regarding distributing prescription medication to inmates and ...

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (KTRE) - An inmate’s death at the Nacogdoches County Jail has been ruled a suicide. Jeffrey Wayne Burgay, 51, of Nacogdoches, was arrested on February 5 on a charge of ...

Nacogdoches County Sheriff Jason Bridges said that before the COVID 19 pandemic, the jail population sat around 260 inmates. Since 2020, the jail population stays at capacity at all times and sits ...

A U.S. magistrate has recommended that a federal court in Lufkin dismiss a lawsuit filed by a Nacogdoches County jail inmate, who alleged that staffers opened his mail. “We read everyone’s mail that ...

Almost half of the inmates at the Nacogdoches County jail are being treated for health or mental issues, including for diabetes and cardiac problems. “The medical staff faces daily challenges to ...

A search is underway in Nacogdoches for an inmate who escaped from custody while being treated at the hospital. The Nacogdoches County Sheriff's Office said Robin Copeland escaped from the ...

The current Nacogdoches County Jail facilities were formed in both 1990 and 1994 and can only hold up to 324 people. The city of Nacogdoches has had to spend $1.5 million to house 80 inmates in ...

NACOGDOCHES, TX (KTRE) - A Nacogdoches County grand jury has indicted two jailers in connection to the December death of an inmate. Sheriff Thomas Kerss said Lt. Elizabeth Ann Owens, 40, of ...

who would then arrange their delivery to inmate Frazier at the Nacogdoches County jail." According to the affidavit, the second note instructed Teets to only refer to the jailer, Jopling, as "her," ...