Salt Lake County may have given itself some breathing room by adding beds to its two detention centers this summer, but looming changes to overcrowding rules have jail officials feeling unsettled.

Inmates at the Salt Lake County Metro Jail were moved to “new housing locations” after a fire broke out there Thursday morning, according to the Salt Lake County Sheriff’s Office. In a news release, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A former Tooele County corrections officer will be the one serving 210 days behind bars over kissing and touching that has also resulted in a lawsuit. Cody Rutledge will serve his ...

A man currently incarcerated at the Salt Lake County Jail while he awaits a trial for murder is facing new charges accusing him of attacking another inmate. (Spenser Heaps, Deseret News) SOUTH SALT ...

The men are being held without bail on multiple counts, including weapons of mass destruction, threat of terrorism and possession of explosive devices, jail records show. Getty Images/iStockphoto An ...

A man the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office gave repeated plea deals to in domestic violence cases pleaded guilty to murder.Fred Jason Edwards, 48, a ...