Limited space for inmates in an often overcrowded jail is nothing new to Douglas County, as the Journal-World has reported over the past several years, and concerns about that were a driving force ...

Cody Lauchlin Crocker A Douglas County jail inmate caused a commotion Tuesday morning when he found a way to crawl into the ceiling and hide from deputies. There never was a grave concern that ...

Locally, there are 10 inmates in the Douglas County Jail who have been ordered to receive treatment at the state hospital and are waiting to go there, said George Diepenbrock, spokesman for the ...

Douglas County officials got involved with a program years ago designed to identify incoming inmates with mental health issues and get them help, instead of putting them behind bars.