Four years, three months and 13 days. That’s how long Deidra Stearns said she spent in county jail — an experience she characterized as “very depressing” and “very lonely.” “You feel evicted from the ...

The new Wood County Jail has introduced over half a dozen programs to help inmates develop life skills. Programs include job training like ServSafe, counseling, life skills, and recovery groups like ...

The Porter County Jail lost grant funding for its longtime Chemical Dependency and Addictions program, but the clinic providing the program remained committed to making sure it continued and the ...

Summit County Sheriff Kandy Fatheree (center) cuts the ribbon to launch the Inmate Growth Naturally and Intentionally Through Education program at the Summit County Jail with state and county ...