Mental Health

Jamal Sutherland died in January after deputies repeatedly used stun guns and kneeled on his back to restrain him

Offering simple but nutritious options is a great way for administrators to improve officer morale and institutional safety

"If he hadn't tried to kill the president, he would have been unconditionally released a long, long, long time ago," the judge said.

"I never felt like the sheriff. I felt like I was just another supervisor," said former Sheriff Clifford Pinkney

More than 150 people were screened for the program in July and early August

Exposing inmates to video and audio recordings of nature shows promise in improving prison culture, a new study has found

"I did not know it could be done. I had served my time," the now former inmate said

Suicide attempts at the jail have been cut in half since the program was implemented

The officer was hospitalized with multiple facial fractures

Prisons are so understaffed, said an anonymous CO, that inmates have been recruited to help monitor other prisoners on suicide watch

Andre Bacsa made headlines earlier this week for assaulting 3 inmates in 17 days; at least 1 has a mental illness

Ohio passed the law banning the death penalty for seriously mentally ill inmates earlier this year

The suit alleges that staff were put at risk when inmates without mental health conditions were illegally transferred to the prison's mental health unit