Harris County officials are warning that Texas's new bail rules could quickly refill local jails just as the county has finally started to bring its inmate numbers down. At yesterday's Commissioners ...
A federal lawsuit filed on behalf of 38 current and former inmates in Los Angeles County’s women’s jail claims male staff ...
High-ranking inmates known as trusties were ordered to do guards’ bidding, former inmates and guards said, and the culture of violence in the jail went straight to the top. By Brian HoweyMukta Joshi ...
Similar stories are coming from former inmates of the Dallas County Jail, who say they served too much time behind bars. "I've lost so much that could have been prevented. It could have been stopped ...
CHARLESTON COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - Two Charleston County Jail inmates claim in lawsuits that the jail’s former medical director sexually assaulted them during exams and promised medications in return ...