The Supreme Court is expected to be sympathetic to the religious rights of a Rastafarian whose dreadlocks were shaved off by ...

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

Lawyers for the incarcerated people say a state prison in Shirley has been "plagued with violence" since it opened in 1998.

Tennessee’s Department of Correction is seeking a $13 million contract increase for the state’s private-prison company amid questions about a riot and federal civil rights investigation. Correction ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Nearly a year after his conviction, former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison has been ordered to turn himself in Thursday to serve his 33-month prison sentence for ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A former Louisville Metro Police detective reported to federal prison Thursday for violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights. After several delays, Brett Hankison was ordered ...

Former Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao was convicted on state and federal charges in connection with the death of George ...

A New York prisoner accused corrections officers of assault and sexual abuse. State officials deemed his claims unfounded despite footage of the encounter.

The City of Minneapolis is bolstering civil rights protections under an amended ordinance by banning discrimination based on criminal history. The City Council unanimously passed an ordinance under ...

Violence erupted at the facility on Wednesday morning and two prisoners were killed. The Police and Prisons Civil Rights ...