An inquest into the case of an inmate who died following an hours-long standoff with corrections officers is one step closer ...

A disturbing video released by the sheriff's office shows the former sergeant hitting inmates while accompanied by two other ...

The Office of Iowa Ombudsman in its annual report says its caseload is up almost 10% and includes monitoring jail restraint chair use.

Iowa’s Office of Ombudsman, which investigates complaints related to local and state government, saw an almost 10% increase ...

ATLANTA — A federal jury awarded a man $600,000 in compensatory damages from former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill in connection with being strapped into a chair for hours. Channel 2 Investigative ...

DeSoto County Sheriff's Office releases video showing a former corrections supervisor beat two inmates. That supervisor, Luis ...

Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court will hear a challenge to limits on the use of leg shackles and other restraints at the Allegheny ...

The DeSoto County Sheriff's Office said it fired and arrested a former corrections supervisor on two counts of battery. The arrest report said he repeatedly punched two inmates, "without cause" ...

Sentencing has been delayed until next year for a man convicted of killing two women in Harrisonburg and transporting their bodies in a shopping cart. WMRA's Randi B. Hagi reports.

New commissioner of corrections Nate Hayward aims to improve safety at City Justice Center after series of deaths.

ATLANTA — A jury was seated late this afternoon in a federal lawsuit against former Clayton County Sheriff Victor Hill, concerning allegations of misconduct involving a restraint chair, Channel 2 ...

A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of 38 current and former inmates in Los Angeles County’s women’s jail claims male staff ...