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

Bridgewater is the nation’s only forensic psychiatric facility run by a corrections department, rather than a state mental ...

The federal class-action lawsuit claims that, for years, state officials have known that they're harming already vulnerable children by keeping them in detention, even after judges have said they ...

A lawsuit alleging Bristol, Tennessee, police officers and paramedics used excessive force on a 23-year-old man having a ...

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge this week declined a request by county attorneys to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the mother of ...

Colorado officials face a class action lawsuit for the state's practice of holding youth in pretrial detention beyond judges' release orders.

Chaun and Tamala Asbury, of Bucyrus, Missouri, are facing five counts of child abuse each after deputies found one of their ...

Using feedback from families whose children have been placed in time-out or sent to so-called blue rooms and reflection rooms at Fort River School, the Special Education Parent Advisory Committee is ...

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) called on Senate health committee chair Bill Cassidy, MD (R-La.), to hold a hearing about the "dangerous misinformation campaign" led by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

Data released in January 2026 to Allegheny County officials offers a clear look at who is being held at Highland Detention Center – and how much it costs taxpayers. The numbers show short stays, ...

President Donald Trump renewed threats against Iran as the nation suffers continued strikes by the U.S. and Israel on ...