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 intervening or providing medical attention, a new report from the Iowa ...

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.

Officers at the Scott County Jail allowed a woman experiencing a mental health crisis to repeatedly bang her head against cell walls, doors and floors for hours ...

Former Monroe Co. jail workers appear in court in case regarding man who died in restraint chair Former jail employees in Monroe County argue news coverage of their case will hurt their chance to ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - District Court Judge William Jorden agreed during a court hearing Thursday to privately view a surveillance video that Louisiana State Police have declined to release to the ...

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.

HYATTSVILLE, Md. (DC News Now) — A grieving Southeast D.C. family said their son was beaten so severely by prison guards that it led to his death. They allege that there was foul play in his death ...

HARRISONBURG, La. (KNOE) - A former officer at the Catahoula Correctional Center was arrested Thursday following an internal investigation, the sheriff’s office announced Monday. Carl Michael ...

A bill awaiting the governor’s signature would change how Utah prisons and county jails treat pregnant inmates, expanding postpartum care requirements and further restricting the use of restraints ...