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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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, ...

Columbus police have a use-of-force policy as part of their division directives. The department last updated the policy in 2023. "It is well established that police officers may use force to effect an ...