One man died and another is hospitalized with critical injuries after an incident at the Jackson County Detention Center ...

Rasaan Eason, 22, of Kansas City, was identified as the Jackson County inmate that died Saturday after ingesting an ‘unknown substance.' ...

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is conducting a death investigation after a man was found unresponsive at the Jackson County Detention Center and later died at a local hospital overnight.

Around 2 a.m. Saturday, a spokesperson for the Jackson County Sheriff's Office said corrections officers found two unresponsive inmates inside a housing unit at the detention center.

Saturday morning about 2:00 a.m. corrections officers at the Jackson County Detention Center were making routine well-being checks when they found two inmates unresponsive in the housing unit ...

The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office said corrections officers were conducting scheduled bed-checks when they found two inmates unresponsive.

A woman was arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle cocaine into the Jackson Correctional Institution. According to a statement from the Jackson County ...

On March 10, 2026, the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office was notified by staff at the Jackson Correctional Institution about an ...