Janelle Hall

Miami-Dade Pretrial Detention Center guard beats inmates off camera

Guard at Dade Pretrial Detention Center Beats Inmates Off Camera

Miami-Dade Pretrial Detention Center​Dale Picardat isn't your typical jailbird. The slight, bespectacled 53-year-old has zero criminal record, a degree from Michigan State University, and about as much street cred as a granny with a walker. But he ended up at the Miami-Dade Pretrial Detention Cent ... More >>

Jailhouse Knocks

Violence leads to jailer.

Jailhouse Blues

Arrested for nothing, Amanda Jessup spiraled out of control in county lockup.

Code Red

For those left behind after the brutal murder of fourteen-year-old Jaime Gough, the emotional lockdown lingers

Frotesters

Miami-Dade Corrections officers think a new uniform code discriminates against black men

Miami Police Officer Arrested for Kidnapping and Attempted Sexual Battery

An Ounce of Prevention -- At Last

County jail officials finally decide to get serious about a highly contagious disease

Contagious Outbreak Untreated

A rash of grotesque and dangerous staph infections among inmates gets no action from jail officials

County Jail's #1 Problem?

Parking -- that's right, parking

In Need of Correction

A new report finds that Miami-Dade jailers have low morale, high overtime pay, and laughable oversight

Incarceration Can Be Hazardous to Your Health

When he was booked into the Dade County Jail, Earl Cole was a sick man. Not for long.

The Further Adventures of Willy and Sal

Being thrown in jail was supposed to bring down the curtain on Miami drug lords Willy Falc and Sal Magluta. But there was an encore: Death threats, clandestine cameras, illegal searches, and major security violations.

Two Rights Make a Wrong

In a Dade jail, a TV tabloid show films a murder confession. In a Dade court, the First Amendment squares off against the Sixth Amendment.