A bombshell investigation found that guards at a Mississippi jail have been using inmates as enforcers, encouraging them to help carry out violent assaults against fellow prisoners. The investigation, ...

State prison guards say they are doing so because their jobs have become more dangerous. A New York Times analysis points to a different reality. By Bianca Pallaro and Jan Ransom New York State prison ...

As frustrations among corrections officers mount, abusive treatment of inmates is rising and becoming more vicious, records and interviews show. By Jan Ransom and Bianca Pallaro The reporters analyzed ...

BOISE, Idaho — In a small courthouse in southeast Idaho, a woman incarcerated at the nearby prison had just finished testifying that a male guard came into the bathroom on her cellblock and kissed her ...

Utica, N.Y. — An Oneida County jury is now deciding whether, among other things, three state corrections officers showed a depraved indifference toward an inmate last winter and are guilty of his ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Multiple New York prison guards have been ...

Despite showing sympathy for a Rastafarian inmate, the Supreme Court seemed to doubt that prisoners can pursue a federal damages claim against guards over religious violations. The U.S. Supreme Court ...

Utica, N.Y. — Jurors heard opening statements Tuesday in Utica in the trial of three guards facing murder charges in the beating death of an inmate at Marcy Correctional Facility. Multiple corrections ...