Among the issues include dayslong lockdowns of inmates in crowded cells because there haven't been enough deputies to cover ...

Ikram, a retired cop who spent the past four months working in the Wayne County Juvenile Detention Facility, said some of ...

DETROIT (WXYZ) — In the two weeks since it opened, Wayne County’s new jail has seen floods, fights and an attempted suicide ...

In an effort to clear up a backlog of cases involving people who say they were wrongfully imprisoned, the Wayne County ...

A 22-year-old man filed a federal lawsuit against county and state officials alleging he was sexually assaulted from ages 14 to 17.

The new Wayne County Criminal Justice Center opened last week -- but there are already reported problems coming from the jail ...

Officers did a really, really good job,” said Robert Dunlap, Chief of the Wayne County Jail last week. “I’m sure things are not moving as fast as maybe some people think it should.” ...

Several attorneys said Tuesday they've had to wait hours to see clients in the adult jail, one part of Wayne County's new Criminal Justice Complex on Russell Street that officially opened to the ...

Anthony Sneed, 15, of Clinton Township, was arraigned Wednesday afternoon in 36th District Court before Magistrate Dawn White ...

Wayne County opened its newly modernized criminal ... Reports of dangerous conditions inside the county's juvenile jail are nothing new: The Detroit Free Press has reported since 2022 on the ...