Contempt order exposes funding gap for Polk County Jail detainee drug evaluations

Longtime provider of inmate evaluations pulls out of Polk County Jail after it's ruled in contempt for insisting on payment ...

Deputies: Florida man tries to smuggle thermos into jail inside his rectum

Walter Frymire, 51, was arrested after a series of bizarre events that began with a call about a naked man at a public park restroom.

Escaped Louisiana inmate found, arrested in Onalaska

ONALASKA, Texas (KTRE) - The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a man who escaped from Louisiana custody. Blake Holland first escaped from the custody of the Phelps Correctional Facility in ...

UDPATE: Phelps inmate who escaped from Leesville captured in Texas

LEESVILLE, La. (KALB) - UPDATE: On Sunday, Oct. 12, Vernon Parish Sheriff’s Office reported that Blake Holland, 24, of ...

Polk County Sheriff's Office is second only to the FHP in immigration referrals in Florida

The Polk County Sheriff’s Office has reported 454 immigration encounters since Aug. 1, more than any agency in Florida ...