Today, Representative Madison, along with Representatives Clancy, Senator Larson and other Democratic legislators introduced LRB 0554 which would create an Office of Ombudsperson for the state ...

Authorities say DNA from a detainee’s jumpsuit and surveillance video support charges against a federal jail guard accused of abuse and lying to investigators.

As a result of InvestigateWest reporting that exposed sexual abuse of women by Idaho prison staff, lawmakers ordered an ...

A 33-year-old prisoner died one day after a 37-year-old inmate at the same prison was attacked and killed, officials said.

Virginia’s Department of Corrections says it’s in the process of modernizing prison communications -- giving high-tech tablets to 25-hundred inmates at four test sites. Officials have already branded ...

Lawmakers are calling for a state investigation following a series of deaths at the Bedford Hills Correctional Facility, ...

The ACLU Alaska is suing the Alaska Department of Corrections on behalf of a man who said he was forcibly medicated with ...

In a prison system rife with drugs, a new civil rights lawsuit accuses the Missouri DOC of punishing people for addiction, ...

Immigration attorneys and families report restricted communication with loved ones detained at Diamondback Facility in ...

Marion Superior Court Judge Clayton Graham ruled that the Indiana Department of Correction failed to respond to the Capital Chronicle’s June 2024 public records request within a reasonable time and ...