Women describe conditions that violate longstanding agency guidelines for how pregnant detainees should be treated.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A York County Prison inmate faces felony charges after she allegedly spat on a correctional officer and attempted to bite others.

The lawsuit alleges that jail staff and a private medical contractor failed to provide urgent medical care, which led to ...

Scott County Jail workers allowed a woman in mental distress to repeatedly bang her head against cell walls without ...

Scott County Jail workers allowed a woman in mental distress to repeatedly bang her head against cell walls for hours without ...

The Iowa Office of Ombudsman released a 42-page report that jail staff failed to intervene and dismissed a woman's mental health crisis when she was detained.

Less than one month after a brutal attack on a counselor and officer at the Lakeview Correctional Facility in Brocton, state Assembly Republicans this week offered legislation advancing 10 proposals ...

All three of Bexar County's sitting Black judges lost their March 3 Democratic primary races while two Black attorneys vying for open court-at-law seats were unsuccessful.

What would your daily life look like if you suddenly ended up behind bars?

An Edinburgh prison officer involved in the death in custody of Allan Marshall was allowed to keep his job before he was sacked over claims another prisoner was assaulted. Kevin O’Hara was suspended ...

Brandenburg itself is a charming small town that embodies the best of Kentucky’s rural communities. It’s the kind of place where people still wave to each other, where local businesses are actually ...