Category: Jail
New photos show the flooding at Central Booking and Detention Center
For days, we have been searching of photos that show flooding at the Central Booking Detention Center. County officials have said that it was a…
How the County Commissioners took control of the jail
I went through our reports from last spring and summer on the Department of Justice report, the Escambia County Sheriff’s budget request to meet that…
National media probing deeper into jail explosion
AP reporters Melissa Nelson-Gabriel and Tamara Lush wrote today about the long history of problems at the Escambia County Jail: Florida jail that exploded had…
Weekend Buzz: Jail story unfolding
More than 26 inches of water in the basement At the Thursday afternoon press conference, Director of Corrections Gordon Pike told the media that the…
County releases the names of inmates at detention center
Escambia County officials have posted the names of the inmates that were in its detention center when it exploded Wednesday night. Here is the list…
Statement from the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office
In the wake of Wednesday’s devastating incident at the Escambia County Jail, the Escambia Sheriff’s Office has been inundated with multiple media inquiries from both…
Inmates: ‘We were abandoned’
The stories from the inmates trapped inside the county detention center after the explosion are very different from the images Director of Corrections Gordon Pike…
Jail Explosion Victims Identified
The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office has identified the two victims who lost their lives in the explosion at the Escambia County Jail late Wednesday night…
Press Conference clears up some details
Escambia County held this afternoon a press conference with Sheriff David Morgan and State Fire Marshal Jeff Atwater on the explosion at the Escambia County…
Inmates told to not talk about explosion
Damage control is now in place. Attorney Gene Mitchell texted me, “Inmate parents tell me the inmates are being told to not talk about explosion.”…
Inmates divided up
The prisoners at the detention center have been divided between work release center, road camp and main jail. Two hundred female prisoners have been sent…
Defense attorneys share what they have heard
The gas leak and how much was known about it prior to the explosion will be the focus over the next few hours, maybe even…
Morgan on the jail explosion
I spoke with Sheriff David Morgan on the phone about the explosion at the Escambia County Central Booking and Detention Center. Although his agency has…
Mother worried about her son at jail, had complained about gas leak earlier
Through tears and sobs, Sheila Travis accused Escambia County jail corrections officers of ignoring inmates’ complaints about the smell of gas Wednesday. Travis’ oldest son,…
Apparent gas explosion rocks Escambia County Jail facility
An explosion, that county officials believe was due to a gas leak, killed two inmates late last night at the Escambia County Central Booking and…