A Fresno man, who was already serving time in a northern California prison, allegedly attempted to kill a correctional officer with an improvised weapon, according to the California Department of ...

Video from inside a Riverside County jail shows a violent confrontation in October 2020 in which 10 sheriff’s deputies burst into the cell of a man who was having delusions and resisting medical care, ...

The family of a Texas corrections officer is still seeking answers after his death in what was supposed to be a routine inmate cell extraction.Officer Jovian Motley died in the line of duty at the ...

Two brutal killings, less than three months apart, in New York State’s prison system raised troubling questions: Had other ...

A suspended sergeant accused of covering up a coordinated beating of inmates at New Jersey’s women’s prison faces new charges under a superseding indictment, state authorities announced Monday. Sgt.

A 15th corrections officer has been indicted in connection with a January 2021 incident at the Edna Mahan Correctional Facility for Women where inmates were allegedly forcibly removed from cells ...

The use of dogs to threaten and attack prisoners to facilitate cell extractions has been a well-kept secret, even in the world of corrections. Human Rights Watch has spoken with more than two dozen ...

Editor's note: Christopher Damien is reporting about law enforcement in Southern California’s inland and desert communities for The New York Times and The Desert Sun as part of The Times’s Local ...