As frustrations among corrections officers mount, abusive treatment of inmates is rising and becoming more vicious, records ...

The question is not whether Damon Landor was mistreated but whether he can sue the individual prison officials and guards for damages.

In October, a jury found Amir Petty guilty of first-degree premeditated murder and other weapons charges. A judge handed him ...

The number of Palestinians dying in Israeli custody surged to nearly 100 people since the start of the war in Gaza, according ...

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High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of ...

Jorge Rivera punched a Volusia Sheriff's Office school resource deputy at Deltona Middle School and then took her Taser, ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY — Montgomery County Sheriff Rob Streck has issued a statement after the 10 jail employees avoided charges in the in-custody death of Christian Black. Black died while in the custody ...

He’s never going to be able to grow up, never going to be able to experience life,” the prosecutor said. “It’s the ultimate ...

Looming against the Ohio skyline like a stone sentinel from another era, the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield dares you to step inside its imposing walls – though preferably while the sun still ...

Matthew Chapman is a video game designer who attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and lives in San Marcos, Texas. Before joining Raw Story, he wrote for Shareblue and AlterNet, specializing in ...

The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield isn’t just another historic building – it’s a towering limestone and brick testament to both architectural grandeur and human suffering that somehow manages to ...