Prisoner Treatment

4 Georgia COs sentenced for inmate assault, cover-up

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"This serves as a reminder that individuals, no matter their status, will be held accountable," an attorney said

Calif. inmates to wear 'non-removable' electronic bracelets in county jails

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Inmates will soon be required to wear an electronic wristband that tracks their movements within jail systems

How to boost your organization’s cybersecurity, including getting grant funding (infographic)

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Motorola Solutions

As ransomware and other attacks continue to threaten public safety organizations, here’s how to guard against these events

Prosecutors: Calif. prison chaplain used faith and fear to abuse inmates

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Officials are seeking a 10-year prison sentence for James Theodore Highhouse

Judge: Arizona violates inmates' rights with poor care

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The ruling said inmates aren't getting timely access to emergency treatment, medications, treatment for chronic diseases and specialty care

Court: New Orleans must follow judge's order to build jail expansion

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The city must build a $60 million expansion for inmates with mental and medical health problems

Advocates denounce Ala.'s plan to fund new supersize prisons

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The 4,000-bed prisons will be much larger than any of the state's 13 current prisons for men

Bill pushes feds to notify families of sick, dying inmates

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The legislation is the latest step by members of Congress to further oversight of the federal prison system

Advocates push for release of women's prison abuse victims

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"After failing to protect them, the very least BOP can do now is let these women leave and begin to heal," an official said

New N.J. corrections watchdog named in aftermath of scandals at women's prison

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It's a key position in a prison system that has struggled to rein in criminal behavior, particularly at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women

Conn. legislature looks to establish oversight for prison healthcare

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Senate Bill 448 would create a commission to oversee the DOC's administration of healthcare

'Deliberate indifference' to inmate safety at Calif. jail, lawsuit alleges

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The lawsuit claims the staff at the jail lack adequate training and policies in medical and mental health screening

More cameras, 'special victims unit' coming to N.J. prisons

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Corrections Commissioner Victoria Kuhn said the moves were part of "lifting the veil of secrecy that has hung over this department, and Edna, for far too long"

Deterring further violence and unnecessary disruption within ODRC maximum-security facilities

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By providing too many privileges to its max-security inmates, Ohio is both undercutting its reformatory mission and putting the safety of everyone behind the wall at risk