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The lawsuit alleges that the DoC, which didn’t comment, confines people with serious mental illness by withholding evaluations, diagnoses and care

Michael Burham is a “self-taught survivalist with military training,” police noted; he escaped by climbing on exercise equipment and using bed sheets tied together

Michael Burham looked “tired and worn-out, as we thought he might” and was dirty and wet, still wearing his jail-issued pants turned inside out

COs are monitoring people inside the unairconditioned housing units for heat-related health problems

For the third time this month, a federal judge issued sanctions today in response to the failure by Allegheny County attorneys to follow court orders in jail-related litigation

Gov. Bruce Rauner is already on his fourth director of the Illinois Department of Corrections

The judge wrote a reasonable jury could conclude the medical care David B. Rossman received during his stay at the Centre County Correctional Facility “does not pass constitutional muster”

Court records say Billy Partington misrepresented himself and never corrected corrections’ officers when his picture was compared to his brother during the release procedure

In an effort to boost staffing, the Pennsylvania DOC reduced the CO’s minimum age requirement to 18

An Illinois Department of Corrections officer who became the target of a fraud investigation after he participated in a fishing tournament while out on total disability collected $48,000 tax-free for his injury