Tuscaloosa County Jail

Police do not immediately suspect foul play after a Cottondale man died during his booking into the Tuscaloosa County Jail on Tuesday morning.

An inmate in the Tuscaloosa County Jail is dead after an altercation with another person being detained there, investigators said Friday morning.

A man who killed a Tuscaloosa Police investigator more than five years ago says he's being subjected to inhumane treatment in the Tuscaloosa County Jail and continues to plead for a transfer or trial.

A woman who briefly escaped the custody of Tuscaloosa County Sheriff's deputies was recaptured in under 10 minutes after fleeing down 15th Street on foot Thursday morning.

A man who reportedly beat his ex-girlfriend to death earlier this month was hospitalized after he suffered a beating of his own at the hands of ten inmates in the Tuscaloosa County Jail.

Police say a man near Moundville broke in to his ex's house early Friday attempting to kill her new boyfriend as her two children slept in the other room.

A young Tuscaloosa man has been charged with first-degree assault after he allegedly blinded another inmate's left eye during a disagreement in the Tuscaloosa County Jail last month.

Detention officers allegedly found cocaine, marijuana and more than $6,000 cash "hidden underneath the fat rolls" of an inmate being booked in the Tuscaloosa County Jail last week.

An inmate who escaped from the Tuscaloosa County Jail Friday was reportedly recaptured by police after a woman discovered him hiding under the couch she sat on.

A large-scale manhunt is underway in Tuscaloosa Friday morning after a young inmate escaped from the Tuscaloosa County Jail.