In fact, in August 2024, former Sheriff Scott Childers was stripped of his law enforcement license after he allegedly allowed ...

The La Plata County Sheriff’s Office is facing a class action lawsuit after a former jail commander was charged with watching ...

An Athens jail program teaches female inmates construction skills. The jury is still out on how much the program boosts job prospects.

In a federal filing, 10 women claim they suffered seizures due to the stifling heat in a facility once described as “a ...

A woman who alleges a sexual encounter with a Shasta County Jail official while she was an inmate said felt she could not "refuse consent" because she was cornered by the man, who was a supervisor at ...

Seven current or former inmates at Logan Correctional Center have filed separate lawsuits against officers, prison staff and ...

Uzochukwu Chinweze was found guilty of one count of rape and two counts of sexual misconduct after a one-day court trial, ...

VENTURA, Calif. (KABC) -- A Ventura County deputy accused of sexually assaulting a female inmate while on duty was arrested Sunday, authorities said. Deputy Leonard Lopez, 48, is facing one felony ...

A federal appeals court panel appeared skeptical Friday of the Trump administration‘s bid to move biologically male inmates who identify as women to male prisons in accordance with a Day ...