LOS ANGELES -- It's disturbing video the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department does not want the public to see - inmates howling in pain, some dragged away bloody and unconscious during a mass cell ...

The use of force is inherent in the very nature of involuntary confinement. In prisons, “the responsible deployment of force is not only justifiable on many occasions, but absolutely necessary to ...

SACRAMENTO – The state prison system is scrapping a controversial policy that forced some female inmates to have their damaged teeth extracted in order to be housed with their young children. The ...

WEBVTT EO SO ME REALLY INTENSE STUFF. REPORTER: IT IS, ANDREW. THEY LOOK LIKE S.W .A.T. BUT THEY ARE CALLED CERT FOR COR RECTIONAL IMAGINE RESPONSE TEAMS. ALMOST EVERY DAY THESE TEAMS TAKE ACTION ...

The officers wore riot gear and carried shields and canisters of pepper spray, according to inmates and prosecutors. They moved from cell to cell in formations of five down the long hallway of a ...

TRENTON, N.J. — New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal released 10 videos that give a look at what happened on the night of Jan. 11, 2021 into the morning hours which led to a series of alleged ...

New Jersey is set to close its only women’s correctional facility following an independent investigation into “cell extractions” and violence against inmates that has led to criminal charges.

"Obviously a dog is more of a deterrent [than a Taser gun].You get more damage from a dog bite.I think it's right up there with impact weapons . . ." -Mike Knolls, Special Operations Unit, Utah ...

A 15th corrections officer has been indicted in connection with a January 2021 incident at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women where inmates were allegedly forcibly removed from cells ...

An inmate in New Jersey’s only women’s prison was hospitalized with a concussion Thursday after an altercation with officers, according to officials and medical records, just a month after she ...

WILKES-BARRE — The “Dallas 6” are perhaps one less. Derrick Stanley, 44, entered a plea of no contest to a single count of resisting arrest Friday at the outset of a lengthy hearing to address ...

New Jersey’s only women’s prison will close, Gov. Phil Murphy announced this week, following the release of a scathing independent report that detailed allegations of abuse against inmates.