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New York inmates sued to view the solar eclipse "in accordance with their sincerely held religious beliefs.”
The Fortune Society received a $500,000 payout this week in a discrimination lawsuit settlement against a housing company.
The changes, signed into law Monday by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, are intended to reduce the stigma of being…
The Supreme Court made it easier Monday for certain prison inmates to seek shorter sentences under a bipartisan 2018 federal…
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the "Less is More Act" into law, which is aimed at reducing jail re-entry…
A Seattle inmate, Shane Goldsby, ended up sharing a cell with the man who raped his sister and he killed…
One sector of the population that was particularly vulnerable after Texas's winter storm: inmates at the state’s largest county jail.
The impact of COVID-19 in America's prisons is yet another manifestation of state-sanctioned violence against Black people in the U.S.
Although there were no confirmed cases of COVID-19 among people jailed at the St. Louis Justice Center as of Friday,…
California inmates are accused of stealing $1 billion in coronavirus unemployment aid over the past few months.
A 19-year-old federal inmate in Brooklyn is back in custody after police found him hiding under a sheet in a…
Disgraced R&B singer R. Kelly was attacked by another inmate in a Chicago jail where he's currently being held, reports…
An outbreak of COVID-19 at the San Quentin prison in California has resulted in half of the inmates infected.
Two inmates in Chicago's Cook County jail swap identities. Once escapes and is on the run, while the other is…
But Cook County sheriffs office officials say they were well protected from the cold and a photo of them "misrepresents"…
Recent incidents involving inmate deaths are causing the judge to question whether or not it is wise to place convicts…
Prisoners across the nation are set to participate in a work stoppage to demand an end to what they say…
Bob McNair was rightly hit with severe backlash for the offensive comments and later apologized, but now he is walking…
Residents living near the newly completed New Orleans Parish are complaining that inmates regularly shout at and harass women as…
Two female Florida jail employees have been accused of having sexual conduct with two male inmates during the night shifts.