Michael Riggins (Top left), Blake McCreight (Top right), Trevon Mallard (Middle left), Kenneth Lynch (Middle right), Carrie Jo Wilson (Bottom left), David Clough (Bottom right) (Polk County Sheriff's ...

The Polk County Sheriff's Office says an investigation recently revealed that a group of inmates worked together to financially exploit and physically abuse a disabled inmate. Six people, including ...

POLK COUNTY, Texas — Several Polk County Jail inmates and a woman have been arrested and charged with assaulting and exploiting a fellow inmate who is disabled, according to the Polk County Sheriff's ...

For untold years the Missouri department of corrections has grossly discriminated against the disabled inmate population. they have no treatment programs that are designed for or allow for the vast ...

States can sometimes be sued for damages by disabled inmates, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday in resolving the first clash over states' rights under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. In a unanimous ...

RICHMOND — A prison guard has been indicted and arrested on accusations that he struck a disabled inmate with a sign at a Fort Bend County prison more than two years ago. Corrections officer Anthony C ...

More than a year after inmate Terrill Thomas died of dehydration in a Milwaukee jail cell, the county’s district attorney, Kurt Benkley, stated at an inquest on Monday that his death was the result of ...

A federal lawsuit has been filed against the Illinois Department of Corrections, alleging violations of the Americans with ...

Bars in a correctional facility. Settlement discussions for a 2018 class-action lawsuit filed against the Georgia Department of Corrections and the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles were held on ...

San Diego County sheriff's officials have agreed to implement a series of changes at county jails aimed at improving conditions for disabled inmates, it was announced Tuesday. The modifications slated ...