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The U.S. Department of Justice has opened a civil rights investigation into jail conditions in Georgia's most populous county.
If we want long-lasting safety, we must have justice for all of us. How we treat people in carceral facilities…
Black people in Ada County, Idaho, are arrested at rates 3.5 times greater than their white counterparts, and researchers want…
Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the investigation following what he called “deeply concerning” allegations of misconduct within the Riverside County…
A Missouri county has agreed to pay $405,000 to settle two lawsuits filed in a dispute that began when some…
America’s first penitentiary was established in Philadelphia in 1790, and it contained the nation’s first solitary confinement cells.
Some argue that ending contracts in Illinois creates new complications such as moving detainees away from nearby family.
The key is among Nelson Mandela memorabilia being sold by Guernsey’s auction house in New York on Jan. 28.
West's surprise guests at his Chicago "DONDA" event include one who spent the past several weeks earning some criticism.
Prosecutors asked a judge to issue arrest warrants for witnesses sought in the retrial of the brother of gymnastics champion…
According to recent reports, former "Empire" star Bryshere Gray has been sentenced to jail in a domestic violence case.
Michael Adams, the man accused of murdering teenager Elijah Al-Amin inside an Arizona convenience store, was found dead inside his…
According to a recent report, Young Thug and Gunna posted bail last weekend for 30 inmates at Fulton County Jail…
Zimbabwe is releasing about 3,000 prisoners under a presidential amnesty to reduce the threat of COVID-19 in the country’s overcrowded…
One sector of the population that was particularly vulnerable after Texas's winter storm: inmates at the state’s largest county jail.
Although there were no confirmed cases of COVID-19 among people jailed at the St. Louis Justice Center as of Friday,…
Alaska teen Malachi Maxon has been charged with killing his aunt and three cousins one week after being released from…
After a Reuters investigation identified hundreds of deaths in the state's jails, Georgia lawmakers are pressing for stronger oversight.
R. Kelly was beaten up by a Latin Kings gang member in a Chicago jail and no one did anything…
Omar Farouq was sentenced by a Sharia court in the northern Nigerian State of Kano for blasphemy. Advocates are seeking…