A former Georgia sheriff convicted of ordering inmates to be held in chair restraints for hours without legal cause was sentenced to more than a year in prison Tuesday, federal prosecutors said.

Earlier this week, a Monroe County grand jury indicted seven people in the death of 74-year-old Lester Isbill. Following those presentments, District Attorney Stephen Hatchett released a statement on ...

One person died in federal prison after being kept in restraints for more than two days. Another was held in restraints so tight that, afterward, part of a limb had to be amputated. A third person was ...

THERAPY, LEGAL SERVICES AND HOUSING. HE DIED IN PRISON, BARELY ABLE TO MOVE. NOW, FOUR FORMER CORRECTIONS OFFICERS ARE CHARGED WITH MURDER. KMBC NINE INVESTIGATES IS UNCOVERING NEW DISTURBING VIDEO ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — After George Floyd died in 2020, many law enforcement agencies updated their use of force policies. The Tarrant County Jail wasn’t one of them. Records obtained by WFAA show the ...

It was freezing outside when a detainee at the Durham County Detention Facility said he saw a staff member at the jail tie another detainee’s wrists and legs to a restraint chair for a few hours, with ...

The family of Allan Marshall - a Lanarkshire dad who died in custody - have blasted Scottish prison chiefs for halting the roll-out of 'pain-free' restraint techniques at all jails. Allan was on ...

"Custody and Control"reports that "delinquent" young girls from backgrounds of intergenerational poverty, many of whom have survived abuse and trauma, are locked up and again abused and neglected, ...