A former Georgia sheriff convicted of ordering inmates to be held in chair restraints for hours without legal cause was sentenced to more than a year in prison Tuesday, federal prosecutors said.

One person died in federal prison after being kept in restraints for more than two days. Another was held in restraints so tight that, afterward, part of a limb had to be amputated. A third person was ...

MADISONVILLE, Tenn. — Earlier this week, a Monroe County grand jury indicted seven people in the death of 74-year-old Lester Isbill. Following those presentments, District Attorney Stephen Hatchett ...

Sheriff Bill Waybourn listens to a panelist during a town hall about the Tarrant County Jail in January at the Tarrant County Sub-Courthouse in Arlington. Records obtained by KERA News show the ...

FORT WORTH, Texas — After George Floyd died in 2020, many law enforcement agencies updated their use of force policies. The Tarrant County Jail wasn’t one of them. Records obtained by WFAA show the ...

"Custody and Control"reports that "delinquent" young girls from backgrounds of intergenerational poverty, many of whom have survived abuse and trauma, are locked up and again abused and neglected, ...