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 ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

Tensions between Monroe County Sheriff Ruben Marté and the Monroe County commissioners over a new jail continue to boil. Marté’s frustration with stalled planning for a new jail surfaced in a recent ...

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 ...

A new life skills program at the Monroe County Detention Center is focusing on change long before inmates are released, with ...

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. — Earlier this week, a Monroe County grand jury indicted seven people in the death of 74-year-old Lester Isbill. Following those presentments, District Attorney Stephen Hatchett ...