The Kern County Sheriff's Office announced Friday it concluded a years-long effort to reduce the department's use of solitary confinement in its jails. KCSO said that through its partnership with ...

LINCOLN — A Nebraska group that advocates for the disabled has joined the call for reforms in the use of solitary confinement in state prisons and for better mental health care behind bars. Disability ...

WASHINGTON – After the Supreme Court in 2002 said inmates who are intellectually disabled can't be executed, prosecutors largely stopped seeking the death penalty for defendants with clear ...

Supreme Court panel urged to enable disabled prisoners to self-identify disabilities for better protection and ...

Regarding the news reports stating that according to Lisa McEvers, North Dakota labor commissioner, "it's too soon" to tell whether Cass County jail inmates can be barred from filing discrimination ...

Two nurses and a lieutenant at the Bridgeport Correctional Center violated state law by failing to provide cardiopulmonary resuscitation or other emergency measures for an inmate with ALS, and then ...

Inmates gained control of the Bertie-Martin Regional jail, including holding two staff members hostage for hours.

The Arkansas Department of Corrections at a Sept. 2, 2025 meeting Credit: Brian Chilson Arkansas’ prison administration agency will enter into a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over ...