The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Utah accusing the state of discriminating against a transgender inmate.
The state’s attorney has declined to file charges in connection with three in-custody deaths of McHenry County Jail inmates. A fourth inmate death is still under investigation. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office announced Thursday afternoon that they recently received the final investigations of the in-custody inmate deaths of Sean Grendel, Randy Little and Timothy Mumford. […]
I recently saw the face of a friend whom I had never met before. In a video call to a California state prison facility, I was finally face-to-face—albeit via video chat—with Dominic Williams, who is serving a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole and who has spent the majority of his life More
The beleaguered federal Bureau of Prisons says it is planning to close a women’s prison in California known as the “rape club” despite attempts to reform the troubled facility after an Associated Press investigation exposed rampant staff-on-inmate sexual abuse. Bureau of Prisons Director Colette Peters said in a statement to the AP that the agency had “taken unprecedented steps and provided a tremendous amount of resources to address culture, recruitment and retention, aging infrastructure - and...
By GABE STERN and RIO YAMAT Associated Press/Report for America LAS VEGAS (AP) — The mother of a Nevada prisoner who died in custody has filed a wrongful death lawsuit calling into question the coroner’s narrative that her son died of heart problems. The lawsuit filed late Thursday in Clark County District Court says Christian
The mother of a Nevada prisoner who died in custody has filed a wrongful death lawsuit calling into question the coroner's narrative that her son died of heart problems
Britain's biggest prison, HMP Berwyn in North Wales, opened its doors in 2017 and has acquired a reputation as the epicentre of a sex scandal engulfing the Prison Service.
Security measures in Paris, Madrid and London were stepped up this week. Reports in Germany have suggested that UEFA's flagship tournament is a target. Which Premier League sides will be relegated this season? Listen to the It's All Kicking Off podcast
Because Netanyahu relies on the radical right for his coalition, he has squandered every opportunity to demonstrate that this was a war against Hamas rather than against the Palestinian people.
Queenslanders should prepare themselves for more wet weather with heavy
An hours-long operation overnight, on the corner of Elizabeth Street and South Foster Avenue, turned up nothing.
The democratic constitutional state may still function but is under pressure, the Council of State says. “That is why continued attention, strengthening, and further development is needed to keep the rule of law resilient and vital,” the government’s highest advisory body writes in its annual report, published on Thursday. If the fragile relationship of trust between the government and citizens and between citizens themselves does not improve, “dysfunction of the rule of law is lurking,” the...