Montgomery County Jail

The Montgomery County Justice Coalition is hoping to get more insight into the construction of the new county jail. County commissioners have refused to attend their panels.

The Montgomery County Jail Coalition held a press conference June 2 demanding the county to release their plans for a bigger jail.

At the beginning of the pandemic, the number of inmates in the Montgomery County Jail was reduced to less than 500. Now, that number has climbed back up to nearly 700.

Today a local nonprofit, Leaders for Equality and Action in Dayton, and an inmate of the Montgomery County jail filed a lawsuit against the Dayton &…

The outbreak of COVID-19 among inmates at the Montgomery County Jail has grown since the first case was reported on June 10. The facility currently has 17…

Another inmate at the Montgomery County jail has tested positive for COVID-19. The first case of COVID-19 at the jail was reported last week. Two guards…

Montgomery County is launching plans to renovate the county jail. Officials say the renovations will help improve a number of poor structural, and inmate…

The Montgomery County Jail has been embroiled in numerous lawsuits and allegations of inmate mistreatment in recent years. And, a recent independent…

A community watchdog group Tuesday told Montgomery County Commissioners the county jail needs to be replaced. In a report based on two years of study, the…

The Montgomery County Jail is overcrowded, poorly designed, and chronically understaffed, according to a new report presented to the Montgomery County…

The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear an appeal by Montgomery County seeking immunity in a wrongful death lawsuit involving an inmate who died in 2012 during…

A former Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office captain, accused of pepper-spraying a restrained inmate at the Montgomery County Jail in 2015, has pleaded…