The shift in policy comes, Sheriff Jim Cooper said, after a 2024 ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. In it, the ...

It's been a year since the death of a 12-year-old at Trails Carolina, a therapeutic wilderness camp in Transylvania County.

North Carolina is launching a $20 million pilot program to take law enforcement personnel out of the process of transporting ...

A new bill making its way through the Washington State Legislature is igniting debate among healthcare workers, particularly ...

State psych wards for seriously mentally ill people are so full that growing numbers are held in city jails instead.

Apart from being thanked by the judge and, on certain occasions, being excused from any future jury service, jurors are given no psychological or emotional support — even after the most harrowing of ...

Prison violence remains a significant yet underreported issue in the U.S. criminal justice system, leading to unsafe ...

Sara Bana is running for a seat on the Board of County Commissioners, which she routinely berates and her allies regularly ...

Jails old and new aren't the only issues facing, and vexing, Oklahoma County government, says Anastasia Pittman, candidate ...

Prison violence remains a significant yet underreported issue in the U.S. criminal justice system, leading to unsafe conditions for both incarcerated ...

Prison violence remains a significant yet underreported issue in the U.S. criminal justice system, leading to unsafe conditions for both incarcerated persons and staff. To address this pressing ...