Inmates have started fires in cell block A five times just this year, he said. When first responders arrived on scene, they ...

ELIZABETH — An inmate at the Union County jail "went ballistic" and assaulted five corrections officers as they moved him to his cell Tuesday morning, a Union County spokesman said. Sebastian D ...

ELIZABETH -- Phillip Ruddy, a nonviolent offender who sprinted away from the Union County Jail shortly after midnight Monday while throwing out the garbage just outside the entrance, remains at ...

UNION COUNTY, S.C. (WSPA) – Deputies are continuing to search for an inmate who escaped Friday night ... Highway around 10 p.m. Strickland was in jail on multiple charges, including possession ...

ELIZABETH – Union County announced it will close major operations at its jail later this year and send inmates to the Essex County Correctional facility in Newark. The measure will save Union ...

“A security door that leads directly to the outside of the jail failed to lock after being closed. All inmates were back in custody an hour and sixteen minutes after the escape.” A Union ...

We're learning more about a fire on Wednesday at the Union County jail. Leaders said an inmate started it, and it's not the ...