Franklin County commissioners seized control of the county jail and security at the county courthouse from Sheriff Jim ...

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners voted Wednesday to create the Franklin County Department of Corrections, ...

The areas the state auditor’s office looked into were troubled finances at the HAPO Center, a jail commissary contract and ...

The Franklin County Jail has undergone a significant change in leadership. As of today, the Board of Commissioners voted to ...

That’s because corrections deputies are only legally allowed to carrying weapons and arrest people because they are commissioned under the authority of Sheriff Jim Raymond. If the county takes ...

The Franklin County Board of Commissioners has taken control of the county jail from the Sheriff's Office, establishing a new Department of Corrections. This decision followed ...

A week after a state audit showed that Franklin County failed to properly oversee a variety of contracts, county commissioners are moving to take the jail away from Sheriff Jim Raymond.

A long-simmering feud between Franklin County Sheriff Jim Raymond and county commissioners may come to a head Wednesday morning. At their regular meeting, commissioners will consider a resolution to ...

FARMINGTON — Franklin County commissioners Tuesday accepted ... a combined increase of $781,668 for county government and the jail given changes commissioners made Tuesday.