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

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

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

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

Tennessee death row inmate Harold Wayne Nichols on Monday declined to choose between the electric chair and lethal injection for his Dec. 11 execution, meaning the state will default to lethal ...

Williamson County commissioners on Tuesday approved $1.15 million to settle a lawsuit filed by a former inmate who said several jailers broke his leg and fractured his hip while he was not resisting ...