A jailer at the W.C. “Dub” Brassell Detention Center was arrested and is behind bars, suspected of smuggling drugs into the Jefferson County facility, the sheriff’s office announced Tuesday evening.
A jailer at the W.C. "Dub" Brassell Detention Center was arrested and is behind bars, suspected of smuggling drugs into the Jefferson County facility, the sheriff s office announced Tuesday evening.
Christopher Harris, a one-time inmate in the Jefferson County jail, is suing the Jefferson County sheriff and jail officials in connection with injuries he claims he suffered while being held.
Christopher Harris, a one-time inmate in the Jefferson County jail, is suing the Jefferson County sheriff and jail officials in connection with injuries he claims to have suffered while being held.
A supervisor at the Jefferson County jail who has been terminated twice before for using excessive force with inmates was terminated again last month for the same reason, but Sheriff Lafayette Woods Jr., who oversees the jail, overruled the termination and has allowed the person to retain his job.