Essie Ward was found unresponsive in her cell at 9:30 a.m. on April 3. But an autopsy found that she had been dead for 18-24 ...

Following an internal Polk Sheriff's investigation, four detention deputies resigned in lieu of firing and three supervisors ...

Four Polk County detention deputies resigned and three supervisors were suspended after it was discovered an inmate believed to be sleeping was actually dead.

LIVINGSTON, Texas (KTRE) - Two Polk County inmates were found overdosing in one of the male pods, according to a statement from Polk County Sheriff Byron Lyons. On September 6 at about 12:49 p.m., ...

December 8, 2025 Deputies responded to a report of two missing individuals. The individuals were later located. Deputies were ...

Forty-six people were arrested and booked into the Polk County Jail Sunday, jail logs show. Twenty-one have since been released and 29 people total were released Sunday. Nineteen people were booked ...