Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed $3 million for an emergency operations center and fire facility in Haines City and $1 million for a municipal annex.

Criminal Justice Polk County Jail begins outsourcing inmates after failing to meet state staffing standards. The county has failed to comply with Texas’ mandated ratio of one detention officer ...

Though DeSantis and Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd are close allies, DeSantis vetoed $689,000 that the Legislature had approved to replace a chiller at the Central County Jail in Bartow, operated ...

United Way of Central Florida expects there to be a $750,000 increase in requests this year. Bowman said this could be the last time the haunted jail tour is held at this location, as the building ...

Polk County Sheriff's Haunted Jail Tour. ... Oct. 18, 19, 25 and 26, 6:30 to 10:30 p.m. Cost is $15 (to the United Way of Central Florida), or $5 for children younger than 10.

The Polk County Sheriff's Office is warning of a scam from people pretending to be bail bond agents. The scammers call family or loved ones of someone in custody at the local jail and give false ...

Five Polk County Jail inmates have been arrested, as well as the girlfriend of one of the inmates, for allegedly attacking and financially exploiting another inmate. Skip Navigation.

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is temporarily housing inmates at a facility in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana, due to staffing shortages at the Polk County Jail.

POLK COUNTY, Fla. — The Polk County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a registered sex offender after deputies said he violently attacked detention deputies at the South County Jail.

LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - An inmate at the Polk County Jail died in hospital after being found unresponsive. According to a state custodial death report, on Oct. 18, Polk County jail staff found ...

Authorities are investigating at a Polk County, Florida jail after an inmate believed to be on drugs violently fought deputies and died after being restrained. Skip Navigation.