The Shelby County Detention Center is continuing to search for an inmate who escaped the prison Tuesday afternoon.

Recent incidents include inmate suicides and overdoses, highlighting ongoing safety concerns at the jail. The jail is ...

The Shelby County Detention Center said they’re looking for a 32-year-old man and are asking for anyone who sees him to ...

The Shelby County Sheriff's Office said 55-year-old Phillip Randall Ledford, of Pelham, was arrested on February 21, 2025.

The Shelby County Jail is overcrowded, with 2,547 inmates in a facility designed for 2,400. Built in 1981, the jail is outdated and lacks natural light, violating modern standards. Sheriff Floyd ...

COLUMBIANA – A investigation is now underway after the death of an inmate at the Shelby County Jail on Friday March 7. On Friday, Feb. 21, Phillip Randall Ledford, age 55 of Pelham, was arrested by ...

The trial for two deputies charged in Gershun Freeman's death is postponed to November due to an expert witness's ...

Four inmates died at the Shelby County Jail, commonly called 201 Poplar, within a week in February. Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner, who advocates for a new jail, allowed journalists to tour ...

The mother of Ramon McGhee, a Shelby County Jail inmate who died malnourished and covered in bed bugs, has filed a lawsuit against the county and its jail healthcare provider, Wellpath. The lawsuit ...

The death of an inmate at the Shelby County Jail on Friday is under investigation. Phillip Randall Ledford, 55, of Pelham was ...

Shelby County sheriff’s Lt. Debbie Sumrall said he was assessed by on-site medical staff at the time of his booking and housed in the jail’s medical unit. About 7:16 a.m. Friday, jail deputies and ...