A federal inmate had to have one of his or her limbs partially amputated after being kept in restraints for two days. Another incarcerated person died after being pepper sprayed and left shackled in a ...

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The Office of the Inspector of Prisons has expressed “deep reservations about the manner in which [Rosney] was restrained and about the extent of the external and internal injuries to his body ...

Authorities said the inmate was at the hospital for minor surgery and was being prepared for transport back to the prison ...

One person died in federal prison after being kept in restraints for more than two days. Another was held in restraints so tight that, afterward, part of a limb had to be amputated. A third person was ...

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Concern raised over extent of internal and external injuries revealed by a post mortem ...

A San Diego County sheriff’s deputy bickered with and mocked a mentally ill inmate whose wrists and ankles were shackled before shoving the inmate into the wall of a courthouse detention cell, causing ...

An investigation is underway after a Mid-State Correctional Facility inmate attacked two correctional officers during a hospital transport in Oneida County. The assault happened shortly after midnight ...

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 ...

ST. LOUIS, Missouri — When Samuel Hayes died inside the City Justice Center on July 19, he was just weeks away from standing trial for murder. Instead, he died strapped to a restraint chair, and now ...