Ohio passed a law in 2021 that exempted people with mental illnesses from being executed. Nine inmates have been removed from ...

Treylin Deville's family thinks the 27-year-old was mistakenly dropped at the Baton Rouge Greyhound station, took a bus to ...

Ohio inmate Tommy Meadows won a $404,000 jury award in a civil rights lawsuit. Meadows was pepper sprayed and put into ...

The solution to this problem is to make sure that people who are in prison receive the mental health care they need. As reported in “The Growth of Incarceration,” a survey found that more than half of ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A Michigan Department of Corrections (MDOC) mental health employee has been charged in connection with an alleged inappropriate relationship with an inmate under her care, ...

A prison staff member allegedly used wart remover instead of saline when cleaning pepper spray out of an inmate's eyes, ...

An inmate who pleaded guilty to killing three and leaving messages written in blood chose to die by firing squad, according ...

Ottawa’s plans to spend $1.3 billion to build a new hospital for inmates in New Brunswick is misguided and a “profound ...

OSHKOSH (WLUK) – Jumal Lipscomb was convicted Monday of killing another inmate at a state mental health facility by kicking and stomping on his head. Lipscomb, 42, was pleaded no contest and was ...

The bill, introduced by Rep. Brandy Fluker-Reid of Mattapan, would create universal standards for conditions that would apply in state prisons, county jails, and houses of correction, said Jesse White ...

Inmates in Washington's prison system now have an additional resource if they are experiencing suicidal thoughts.