Boone County Jail

The Boone County Commission voted to add an expiration date to the proposed tax to fund a new county jail.

A new peer navigator program could better support people released from the Boone County Jail.

The group discussed their concerns for what a new tax proposition would mean for them, and how they would rather have their money spent.

The proposed sales tax would help fund expanded law enforcement services, including construction of a new county jail to address overcrowding and rising detention costs.

As local leaders are considering an expansion to the Boone County Jail, the Columbia No New Jail Coalition is pushing back.

Boone County spends $2.5 million a year on housing inmates in other counties because its own jail is overcrowded.

Sheriff Dwayne Carey said Missouri "didn't have the number" of people detained on immigration charges that some might assume.

As of Wednesday, Jan. 22, Boone County Jail had 289 inmates on its books - 79 more than the jail says it can "comfortably house".

Members of the Boone County Sheriff’s Department and the Boone County Jail were awarded a proclamation Thursday for becoming the first jail in Missouri to…

Boone County began reviewing bids this week for a new contract for its inmate phone system in the county jail. The county is looking to overhaul its…