The Shelby County Detention Center is continuing to search for an inmate who escaped the prison Tuesday afternoon.

Shelby County sheriff’s Lt. Debbie Sumrall said he was assessed by on-site medical staff at the time of his booking and housed in the jail’s medical unit. About 7:16 a.m. Friday, jail deputies and ...

The Shelby County Detention Center is continuing to search for an inmate who escaped from the prison Tuesday. Jail officials said Wednesday morning that Tyler Tipton, 32, of Bagdad, escaped from ...

Four inmates died at the Shelby County Jail, commonly called 201 Poplar, within a week in February. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner, who advocates for a new jail, allowed journalists to tour the ...

The mother of Ramon McGhee, the 201 Poplar inmate who died covered in bed bugs and feces, has sued the county and the jail's healthcare provider.

COLUMBIANA – A investigation is now underway after the death of an inmate at the Shelby County Jail on Friday March 7. On Friday, Feb. 21, Phillip Randall Ledford, age 55 of Pelham, was arrested by ...

The mother of Ramon McGhee, a Shelby County Jail inmate who died malnourished and covered in bed bugs, has filed a lawsuit against the county and its jail healthcare provider, Wellpath.

(WAVE) - The Shelby County Detention Center said they’re looking for a 32 ... according to the detention center. The jail confirmed that Tipton had escaped, and they were still looking for him as of ...