Incarcerated Children in Texas Left Without Bathroom Access for 22 Hours
"This is inhumane," one child told state inspectors.
"This is inhumane," one child told state inspectors.
Pregnant and postpartum women arrested on minor drug charges can find themselves locked up for months in Etowah County.
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While the task force is a move in the right direction, truancy shouldn't be up for criminal prosecution in the first place.
The lawsuit claims that a correctional officer gave male inmates the key to women's housing after accepting a $1,000 bribe.
The initial decision to pursue prosecution runs contrary to the campaign promises of Alvin Bragg, who claims to understand that, so often, the process is the punishment.
The felony murder rule continues to criminalize people for killing people they didn't actually kill.
Alvin Bragg campaigned on "ending mass incarceration." But that promise apparently does not apply to Jose Alba.
The case of Jose Alba reminds us that progressive prosecutors don't always apply their principles when they're inconvenient.
Climate protesters who blocked an interstate outside D.C. likely cost a man his parole.
Just a week ago, New York City convinced a federal judge not to seize control of the jail.
Michael Lowe is suing the company in Texas, saying its negligence led to a life-changing ordeal.
A new report shows wrongfully convicted people serving 1,849 years behind bars across the United States before being released last year.
Bail reforms did not lead to higher crime, and in fact should be applied more uniformly, report finds.
Inmates with opioid addiction suffered severe withdrawal after the Jefferson County Correctional Facility stripped them of their medication.
A new report emphasizes that the U.S. would still have a very high incarceration rate even if all drug war prisoners were released.
The California State Auditor's Office found that the jails responded poorly to inmate deaths.
Louisiana refused to release Sneed for months, despite a judge ruling several times that the state was breaking the law.
A New York state judge found video of guards ceding control of Rikers to gang leaders more than enough evidence to order the release of a pretrial inmate.
Given the dangers of jails and prisons, the pettiest of crimes can become death sentences.
Gov. Greg Abbott’s crusade is costing the state huge sums just to try to prosecute thousands of misdemeanor trespassing cases.
A Supreme Court ruling requires due process before sending these people back to jail. That’s not happening in Montgomery County.
In a lawsuit, Marc Crawford's widow says the state refused to give him his prescriptions and his chemotherapy.
One at Rikers, one at a nearby jail barge, marking 12 deaths this year
Formal sentences cover for informal penalties including crowding, poor sanitation, beatings, and rape.
Threatening somebody with prison for refusing a shot is no way to end a pandemic.
Pretrial detention is supposed to be for people deemed dangerous, not people without money.
Thanks to poor management and massive rates of incarceration, people are dying both inside and outside prisons.
Mory Keita was involved in two cases against the government, including an ACLU suit challenging ICE and a case alleging abuse by Butler County Jail guards.
The infection and death rates have surpassed those of the general population.
Bail bond companies fight to protect their industry, while some civil rights groups worry the reforms won't actually reduce pretrial detentions.
This is what it looks like when you get the police involved in public health issues.
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