An Iowa man died Friday morning just hours after being booked into jail. Justin Skaggs, 24, of Perry, died Friday morning at a Des Moines hospital. He was an inmate at Polk County Jail and ...

A WARNING TONIGHT ABOUT A NEW SCAM THAT COULD COST YOU MONEY. THE POLK COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE SAYS IT TARGETS FAMILIES OF PEOPLE WHO ARE RECENTLY IN THE POLK COUNTY JAIL. KCCI SENIOR REPORTER ...

Plaintiff Justin Mowery was incarcerated in the Polk County Jail from January to April 2022, according to his complaint. While he was working in the jail kitchen, he alleged, the employee ...

A former Polk County Sheriff's Office jail employee has resigned after being accused of sharing nude photos of a coworker and then lying to investigators. Deputy Andrew Jackson now may lose his ...

Polk County is paying $86,000 to the family of a detainee who died by suicide in the county jail four years ago, according to settlement documents. Guarionex Rodriguez Jr., 27, died in hospice ...

Ongoing staffing shortages at the Polk County Jail are prompting the sheriff’s office to begin housing inmates in a Louisiana jail facility. The county northeast of Houston has failed to comply ...