This morning's (Tuesday, Dec. 4) tour of the Etowah County Detention Center in Gadsden was one of the more pleasant jail or prison tours I've been on. The tour was very organized, and we had ...

You walk in and it's very surreal how intense it is inside," Estrade, who was held in the detention center after being arrested by the Etowah County Sheriff's Office on marijuana charges two weeks ...

Local governmental, business and education officials gathered recently at a place most folks try to avoid — the booking unit at the Etowah County jail. They were there Feb. 21 for an open house ...

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ETOWAH COUNTY, Ala. (WBRC) - The jail at the Etowah County Sheriff’s Office will soon be housing some detained immigrants as part of a partnership with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ...

state and municipal governments to feed inmates in the Etowah County Jail.” Entrekin like other Alabama sheriffs believe a pre-World War II state law allows them to keep any “excess inmate ...

It's been legal since 1939. But some accuse the sheriff of turning the jail into his personal piggy bank. "Me, my family, my office, the citizens of Etowah County have been targets of ...

Sheriff Jonathon Horton on Tuesday thanked the Etowah County Commission for its help with providing fencing to facilitate the constant battle against contraband getting into the county jail.