Four years, three months and 13 days. That’s how long Deidra Stearns said she spent in county jail — an experience she characterized as “very depressing” and “very lonely.” “You feel evicted from the ...

The new Wood County Jail has introduced over half a dozen programs to help inmates develop life skills. Programs include job training like ServSafe, counseling, life skills, and recovery groups like ...

Martel Stevens, a participant in the R.I.S.E. program, cuts customer Buck Francis’ hair on Monday, July 28, 2025. The program trains inmates in barbering and cosmetology so they have job-training ...

FAYETTEVILLE -- A program meant to get detainees out of the Washington County jail and into classes and programs to help them stay out is already exceeding expectations, according to the program's ...