A federal judge took the rare step last week of concluding an incarcerated, self-represented plaintiff should be compensated $10,000 by the U.S. government for a prison guard's unwarranted use of ...

The Office of the Inspector General reviewed use of force investigations involving prison guards. Investigations were closed without reviewing potentially key evidence. California’s prison system has ...

Investigators said they found at least four policy violations at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor, involving improper use of pepper spray, delayed response to a suicide ...

Three former officers of the Mount Carmel Borough Police Department have been sentenced to prison by Chief United States District Judge Matthew W. Brann. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle ...

A GiveSendGo campaign for Tou Thao was recently launched after his release from prison. The former Minneapolis police officer was incarcerated after being found guilty of multiple charges related to ...

A faulty belt in an air handler on the roof of the Blair County Prison caused smoke to enter the building, prompting Phoenix Volunteer Fire Department to deploy to the building late Wednesday night, ...

More than 12,400 inmates across California have been fasting since Monday, to protest solitary confinement and call for improved prison conditions. The strike, involving roughly two-thirds of the ...

Marlo Baragwanath warns the state government's crackdown on youth offenders will result in less humane treatment in detention centres.