A small fire started by an inmate at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center resulted in no major injuries, the Lafayette Parish Sheriff's Office confirmed. LPSO ...

There are no major injuries to report after an inmate started a small fire in his cell at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center.

LAFAYETTE, La. (KPLC) - An inmate at the Lafayette Parish Correctional Center started a small fire inside his cell this morning, according to authorities. Correctional deputies with the Lafayette ...

Four correctional deputies needed treatment for smoke inhalation after an inmate allegedly started a fire in his Lafayette Parish jail cell Wednesday morning.

Fulton County Jail inmates claim staff panicked and fire extinguishers were empty during a chaotic Friday night fire that sent nine people to the hospital.

ATLANTA — Nine people were taken to the hospital after a fire broke out in the Fulton County Jail, Sheriff Pat Labat said. Deputies said the five detainees -- including the one accused of starting the ...

An inmate set a shower fire on the jail’s unrenovated seventh floor, triggering a major emergency response. Nine people were hospitalized for smoke inhalation, including five inmates and four ...

An unresponsive inmate was found in a cell about 12;25 p.m. Sunday when a Clinton County Jail correctional officer was ...

The deficiencies leave the state's largest county jail system, where another inmate died this week, out of compliance with ...