Ongoing staffing shortages at the Polk County Jail are prompting the sheriff’s office to begin housing inmates in a Louisiana jail facility. The county northeast of Houston has failed to comply with ...

Longtime provider of inmate evaluations pulls out of Polk County Jail after it's ruled in contempt for insisting on payment ...

Polk County Jail faces staffing challenges, prompting temporary inmate relocation. (Polk County Sheriff's Office/Jail Division) According to the Texas Commission on Jail Standards, each county jail in ...

LIVINGSTON, TX (KTRK) -- The Texas Rangers are investigating the death of an inmate in the custody of the Polk County Sheriff's Office. Antwuan Bogany 32, died Friday at a Kingwood hospital. He was an ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas (KTRK) -- The Polk County sheriff says, like many other jails across southeast Texas, their facility is dealing with staffing shortages, causing them to move inmates to Louisiana.