What might stop kids from committing crimes? A group of district attorneys went to San Quentin, once one of California’s most ...

A California proposal is taking direct aim at one of the stranger contradictions in the state’s wildfire response: people can ...

A lawsuit contended that correctional officials didn't treat a woman who later died from alcohol withdrawal.

An Oakland County couple turned to the legal system for help with their son. That’s when everything fell apart.

The Michigan Department of Corrections said an autopsy determined that an inmate who died at Women’s Huron Valley ...

An Austin federal judge ordered a state health agency to admit all mentally incompetent jail detainees to state facilities within 21 days to have their mental health restored before trial. The order ...

A settlement announced this week now affirms that private immigrant detention facilities are subject to California's ...

The private prison company CoreCivic says it has sold two of the largest immigration detention facilities in California to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in a deal worth $1.5 billion ...

The purchase comes as the Department of Homeland Security has moved to scale up its capacity to detain immigrants without ...

A federal lawsuit alleges Lane County jail staff ignored clear suicide risks leading to Patrick McAllister's death.

Cumberland County paid a former inmate $4,000 to settle a federal lawsuit. The Hope Mills man alleged he was placed in disciplinary segregation for over seven months without a hearing. The Sheriff's ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Updated on June 23 at 2:51 p.m. The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled in Landor v. Louisiana Department of Corrections that a ...