The state of Oregon has settled a federal civil rights lawsuit and agreed to pay a male inmate $295,000 after he was assigned ...
The decision comes against the backdrop of mounting allegations of “rape, voyeurism, and a pervasive climate of sexual ...
An Arkansas prisoner whose civil rights advocacy reached the U.S. Supreme Court was returned to state custody, following a legal settlement that found his transfer to a federal prison was ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Guards at a private prison in Eastern Kentucky abused a handcuffed man last year and weren’t initially candid about what happened ...
PHILADELPHIA, PA — A Philadelphia prison guard pleaded guilty Thursday to federal charges of violating inmates’ civil rights and falsifying records, U.S. Attorney David Metcalf announced. Christopher ...
Every day from dusk to dawn there's noise, banging, clanking, yelling, screaming. Everyday someone is getting hurt or hurting themselves. Everyday there's fire and floods and complete chaos & ...
WASHINGTON – A Supreme Court that has been increasingly protective of religious rights is expected to be sympathetic to a Rastafarian asking for help after Louisiana prison guards forcibly shaved his ...
As paralegals with the ACLU’s National Prison Project, we spend a lot of our time speaking to and corresponding with people in our nation’s prisons, jails, and detention centers, and their loved ones.