By Don Thompson | KFF Health News SACRAMENTO — A federal judge has found top California prison officials in civil contempt for failing to hire enough mental health professionals to …
(NewsNation) — Two years after the Supreme Court waived the constitutional right to an abortion, more than 80% of women on probation or parole who are seeking abortions must first ask …
A first-of-its-kind orientation inside the San Quentin Rehabilitation Center last month helped illuminate what California can do to keep its prison population decreasing if lawmakers approve a budget cut that …
(NewsNation) — Most Black adults say United States institutions such as the prison system and policing are designed to hold back Black Americans, according to a Pew Research analysis. The …
Associated Press OAKLAND — The federal Bureau of Prisons will go to trial next year over claims it allowed an environment where guards at a now-shuttered California prison sexually abused …
By John Leicester | Associated Press PARIS — A massive search was underway in France on Wednesday for armed assailants who ambushed a prison convoy, killing two prison officers, seriously …
After a New York City Department of Corrections employee suffered burns and smoke inhalation when the bodycam she was wearing suddenly caught fire, bodycams for all staff have been temporarily …
Women sexually abused in prison. Inmates facing retribution for speaking out and then suddenly being moved to lockups across the country. Courts holding secret hearings without notice, shutting out the …
By Nimi Princewill and Catherine NIcholls | CNN More than 100 prisoners have escaped from a medium security prison in Nigeria after heavy rainfall destroyed part of the facility, the …
The opioid crisis is putting pressure on Canada’s federal prisons, as new data shows that nearly one in four inmates are receiving opioid agonist treatment like methadone or suboxone. This …