Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of a prison Despite a prison population with 4,000 fewer incarcerated people than a decade ago, uses of force ...

A Department of Homeland Security watchdog report revealed that staff at an ICE detention center in Louisiana used a ...

A Department of Homeland Security watchdog has uncovered multiple use-of-force violations at a Louisiana immigration ...

Two staff members from the Tecumseh State Correctional Institution have been suspended pending an investigation into a suspected excessive use of force. One suspension was ordered last Thursday.

State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to a different reality. By Bianca Pallaro and Jan Ransom New York State prison ...

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit has revived a Maryland prisoner’s excessive force claim against two Eastern Correctional Institution officers, finding genuine disputes of material fact ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott announced Wednesday the arrest of a corrections officer accused of using excessive force against an inmate at the Alvin S. Glenn Detention Center.

Hamilton County, along with several county corrections officers, are named in a federal civil rights complaint.It all stems from an incident inside the Hamilton County Justice Center in 2025.Jordan ...

The Office of the Inspector General reviewed use of force investigations involving prison guards. Investigations were closed without reviewing potentially key evidence. California’s prison system has ...