Yes, all prisoners are targeted, and the harshness of their treatment varies only in degree, with the most severe treatment ...

Deputy Michael Meiser, assigned to a specialized sheriff's department unit that monitored gang activity inside the jail ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A judge has denied a request to grant the early release of a former University of Kentucky student ...

The new slavery is a shameful mark on our country’s pretenses to respect for human rights and the dignity of every human ...

Civil rights groups filed an appeal Friday after their lawsuit against the Black Hawk County Sheriff’s Office was dismissed.

The Apollo Global Management cofounder said he paid Jeffrey Epstein for tax advice. A US Senator investigating the financial transfers is skeptical.

Before a Vancouver man was sentenced Monday to 8½ years in prison, two Clark County judges spoke from the other side of the ...

Construction of a new jail is moving to the forefront of City Hall's to-do list. A big question is what part of Jacksonville will be the site.

The family and friends of Robert Brooks, a man killed by prison guards in New York State, will gather at a town hall this Saturday to demand justice and an end to what organizers call “modern-day ...

Just four months into her punishment, Sophia Rosing, 24, asked a judge week to suspend her prison sentence, allowing her to ...

A new play about anti-apartheid icon Winnie Madikizela-Mandela seeks to highlight the struggles of Black women in South ...

When Bruce Jackson was allowed into Texas prisons in the 1960s with a camera, he documented how little had changed from the ...