Meetings, committee reports, planning sessions, focus groups, citizen demands and even a federal lawsuit have failed to produce concrete plans to replace Monroe County’s crowded and dilapidated jail.

Weary of all talk and no progress toward building a new Monroe County jail, Sheriff Ruben Marté and his staff challenged county officials in charge of the project to stand in their shoes. Here, Marté ...

The Monroe County Council voted in August to advertise a new local income tax (LIT) rate increase to fund the construction of a new jail. The Monroe County Council will host the hearing at 5 p.m. Sept ...

Monroe County workers' income tax is going up come Jan. 1 to help pay for a new jail that will likely be built on the North Park property along Ind. 46 between Bloomington and Ellettsville. During a ...

Freeman said the jail needs the upgrade because the county keeps growing. "When the county grows, the jail population grows also, so you've got to keep on top of the growth and you know be proactive ...

Meetings, committee reports, planning sessions, focus groups, citizen demands and even a federal lawsuit have failed to produce concrete plans to replace Monroe County’s crowded and dilapidated jail.

Henry said his time on the council has made clear to him that a change in culture is needed to solve intractable problems, ...

Monroe County inmates will be in the courtroom areas of the county’s justice center on Wednesday as the county works to ...

The Monroe County Jail is closing this week, after the Arkansas Association of Counties informed county officials earlier ...

January will see an empty Monroe County jail after the Association of Arkansas Counties decided earlier this month it would ...

A sloth, horses, reptiles and other animals took shelter at the jail. — -- Monroe County Sheriff's Office Animal Farm transported a variety of animals in need of shelter to holding cells inside ...