A Lawrence man was being held on Wednesday in the Douglas County Jail without a bond on a warrant from U.S. Immigration and ...

programs director at Douglas County Jail, left, and Jason Hering, a Kansas University student and volunteer, talk about where to locate tomato plants at the jail’s new garden. Inmates were ...

While the jail is still down five employees, it's an improvement over the 12 vacancies that forced the sheriff to begin housing Douglas County inmates in other counties. In May, as few as 20 jail ...

The jail has 1,450 beds ... re released on their local charges,” Myers said. ICE has to pick up Douglas County inmates with detainers on the same day they’re released on their local charges.