Residents are urged to end suspicious calls and confirm any jail-related requests directly with the sheriff’s office.

The Federal Communications Commission voted to roll back limits on how much companies can charge incarcerated people and their families for phone and video calls. The 2-1 vote in late October reverses ...

An inmate makes a phone call from the female dorms of the Ada County Jail. The Federal Communications Commission recently voted to dramatically increase the cost of prison and jail calls. Sarah A.

Thank you for covering the budget overruns of the county sheriffs in recent news stories (“Senators: Put lid on sheriffs’ spending,” Metro, Oct. 21; “Lawmakers eye funding cuts to sheriffs’ offices,” ...

The man accused of killing Maui police Officer Suzanne O wants his recorded jail phone calls kept secret from a jury.