OKLAHOMA — A bill requiring the Oklahoma Department of Corrections to designate restrooms, changing areas and sleeping quarters exclusively for either female or male inmates was signed into law.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Members of inmate rights organizations gathered Thursday in Bayport to demand input into the Minnesota Department of Corrections’ ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Workers and inmates at Coastal State Prison are reporting what they call a human rights crisis, echoing findings from a federal investigation into Georgia’s prison system. A ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A former Franklin County deputy pleaded guilty in federal on Friday to depriving an inmate of his civil rights. According to Acting United States Attorney Kelly Norris for the ...

In the last year, one or both of the lawyers have represented publishers who said their First Amendment rights were violated by the DOC banning editions, a blind inmate who said she wasn’t receiving ...

Members of inmate rights organizations gathered Thursday in Bayport to demand input into the Minnesota Department of Corrections’ plan to shutter the Stillwater prison by 2029. Among their demands: No ...