Two women made allegations of sexual abuse, including being forced to engage in oral sex, groping and offers of clean water ...

A federal jury awarded $250,000 to a group of former DeKalb County jailers who faced repeated sexual harassment by the ...

A year-and-a-half after the In-Custody Death Review Division was created within a state agency, the office has yet to obtain ...

The lawsuit alleges that Erik Carlson, 29, died on Jan. 25, 2025, after jail staff repeatedly ignored his pleas for medical ...

Sheriff Kevin Joyce said U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement removed all ICE inmates from the Maine facility, just hours after he criticized ICE agents.

For many, the experience of going to jail is a nightmare. For an extensive number of women booked into the La Plata County Jail between 2019 and 2024, that nightmare is one they’ve been unable to wake ...

La’Rene Austin appeared to be distraught after finding her so-called best friend, LaNell Barsock, shot to death ...

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Joshua Butler, a convicted felon who escaped from Okfuskee County Jail on December 20, was fatally shot by Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers on Wednesday during a traffic stop, igniting concerns over ...

LOS ANGELES — A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of dozens of current and former inmates in Los Angeles County's women's jail claims male correctional officers watched them shower, harassed and groped ...

LASD is accused of withholding use-of-force and sexual assault records from its civilian oversight commission.