Latest News About Marion County Detention Center

Updated 2026-04-17 12:06

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Sheriff, judge raising alarm on inmate mental health crisis - WRTV

The Marion County sheriff and the presiding judge say the state's failure to provide treatment for the mentally ill has caused a crisis in the local jail.

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Marion County Sheriff adjusts ICE position due to overcrowding ...

Sheriff Kerry Forestal says the Marion County Adult Detention Center is financially capped at 2,400 inmates and exceeded that on Sunday.

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'We cannot continue to operate like this,' MCSO says of ICE holds

ICE holds are overcrowding the Marion County jail, costing nearly $3 million a year and pushing the facility toward its 2,400-inmate cap.

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Hundreds of Marion County detainees transferred to new Community Justice Campus

Multiple motorcades with the Marion County Sheriff’s Office transferred general population detainees Saturday morning from the Marion County Jail to the new Adult Detention Center.