By Judith Graham, Chicago Tribune Jan. 28--For decades, Cook County Jail has run one of the most effective, scandal-free medical programs for inmates in the nation. Now, proposed budget cuts threaten to decimate those services, watchdogs say, warning of potentially dire consequences.

By Heather Rutz, The Lima News, Ohio Sep. 17--In July, the Allen County Jail inmate population resembled the population in a hospital wing. The tallies there included: -- Two with pregnancies. -- Four with HIV. -- Six with high blood pressure. -- 31 taking psychotropic medications.

The last two inmates who remained missing after six escaped from the Cook County Jail surrendered early Monday at the end of a long siege by a SWAT team and intermittent talks with police negotiators.

Aug. 10--With a new addition already on the drawing board for the just-opened Brunswick County Detention Center, another type of expansion is also under way to serve the nearly 200 inmates housed there.