A federal correctional officer is accused of sexually abusing an inmate at a Brooklyn jail after his DNA was recovered from the victim’s prison jumpsuit, ...

Idaho lawmakers have ordered an independent review of how the state handles sexual misconduct claims against prison staff in ...

This week’s death, which incarcerated people and advocates described as a suicide, comes at a time of turmoil in the facility ...

The Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners suspended the license of a physician who worked inside a state prison after he tested positive for drugs, including ...

California’s incarcerated population has aged rapidly over the past 30 years. A new report recommends pathways for release.

The Alabama Solution,” a smuggled cellphone chronicle of inmate deaths, sexual abuse and deplorable conditions inside what ...

The school's report on its response to Robert Hadden's abuse falls short of holding decision-makers responsible, survivors say.

Women charged with a crime in Senegal are at the mercy of a slow judicial process and prisons that may lack basic supplies. They also face stigma that robs them of familial and community support.

According to WKRC, the complaint specifically alleges deputies were told not to bring Grayson to medical because it was “female day.” Medical experts say opioid withdrawal can bring severe symptoms ...

Solitary confinement is being challenged across the US due to its harmful effects on incarcerated individuals and its failure to improve prison safety, with studies and legal cases showing that it can ...

Democracy Now! recently sat down with Agnès Callamard, the secretary general of Amnesty International and a former United Nations special rapporteur, while she was in New York City to mark ...

Nathan Chasing Horse will be sentenced for sexually assaulting Indigenous women and girls, drawing to a close a case that sent shock waves through Indian Country.