A federal judge took the rare step last week of concluding an incarcerated, self-represented plaintiff should be compensated $10,000 by the U.S. government for a prison guard’s unwarranted use of ...

A prosecutor said a former Westmoreland County Prison guard crossed the line when he allegedly threatened and assaulted an inmate at the conclusion of a physical altercation at the lockup. “The use of ...

UTICA, N.Y. (AP) — Four prison guards involved in the death of an incarcerated Black man whose brutal beating at an upstate New York prison last year was captured on body-cam videos were each ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lights shine on the Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland on Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022. The center is Maine's only ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — Damon Landor’s decadeslong vow against cutting his hair was upended by a short stint in a Louisiana prison in 2020. Next week the Supreme Court will decide if he can do anything ...

Blair McTague, Scott Milne and Kevin O'Hara were unfairly dismissed after they were alleged to have attacked an inmate at HMP Edinburgh.