A class action lawsuit filed by two Michigan prisoners claiming the state’s prison system forced women to work without pay has been dismissed. Michigan Court of Claims Judge James Redford issued an ...

Days before an end was announced to the prison strikes at more than 30 facilities across New York state, more violence was reported inside a maximum-security correctional location north of New York ...

Four correctional officers were injured at Sing Sing Correctional Facility after an inmate violently assaulted a female officer, prompting a struggle that left three others hurt. Two of the officers ...

Records show one Oklahoma women’s prison rarely substantiated abuse allegations or forwarded cases for criminal prosecution. Victims sometimes fear reprisal from other prisoners and staff.

A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officer will spend more than a decade in federal prison after using his position to exploit vulnerable ...

A former Oklahoma police officer was convicted of sexually assaulting a woman. A federal judge sentenced him to 40 years in prison.

Eagles, who said she found out about Mooney’s detention through a family friend, noted that her daughter had been working in ...

A female prison officer who was in a year-long relationship with a convicted murderer smuggled drugs for him, it has been ...

Officers shot a 53-year-old woman overnight who fired a gun at them after they were called to a home near the Oceanway area ...

In vacating Weinstein's conviction, the Court of Appeals ruled that the trial judge, James M. Burke, unfairly allowed ...

According to the health department’s recent report, among the 2,394 HIV-positive individuals in Mau, 1,147 are men, 1,151 are women, and 85 are children.

A former Oklahoma police officer was sentenced to 40 years in prison for sexually assaulting a woman during a traffic stop and turning off his body-worn and dash cameras.