Luzerne County has agreed to pay $75,000 to settle a 2023 lawsuit filed by a Plymouth man who alleged he was victim of excessive use of force while he was an inmate at county prison.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of a prison Despite a prison population with 4,000 fewer incarcerated people than a decade ago, uses of force ...

A Mississippi judge continued the sentencing of a Simpson County deputy who pleaded guilty to using excessive force on a handcuffed arrestee.

A Los Angeles sheriff’s deputy will serve four months in prison on a misdemeanor conviction for using excessive force after the new Trump-appointed US attorney offered an unusual plea deal despite a ...

A federal judge on Wednesday agreed two state prison employees could be sued for allegedly using excessive force against an incarcerated man. Jared Lee Chavez, representing himself, alleged “Sgt.

About a decade after teens accused a Springfield police detective of excessive force during a controversial 2016 arrest, one of the teens at the center of the case has been sentenced to prison for a ...

A former Hendry County sheriff's deputy convicted of using excessive force will spend just few than three years in federal prison, a judge ruled this week. District Judge Sheri P. Chappell sentenced ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle a lawsuit filed by 13 women who say correctional officers injured them during a mass use-of-force ...

A former Mount Vernon police sergeant is set to spend six months in federal prison for using excessive force, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Prosecutors say 46-year-old Mario Stewart used a ...

Brett Hankison, 49, a former Louisville Metro Police officer, has been sentenced to 33 months in federal prison for using excessive force during the 2020 raid that resulted in the death of Breonna ...

FILE - In this image taken from police body camera footage provided by Los Angeles Sheriff's office, a Sheriff's deputies arrests a couple in a grocery store parking lot in Lancaster, Calif., on June ...