A former Wisconsin prison warden implicated in an inmate’s death has pleaded no contest to a reduced misdemeanor count.

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Some 10,605 assaults on staff in male and female jails were recorded in the period up to December 2024, at a rate of 122 per ...

Randall Hepp was initially charged with felony misconduct in office in June 2024 in the deaths of two inmates at the Waupun ...

It follows terrorist Hashem Abedi’s assault on officers at HMP Frankland using two homemade knives and hot oil. He has been ...

Twenty five people were arrested in police raids across France on Monday after a series of coordinated attacks on prisons ...

A homeless Montana man whose conviction for sex assault was overturned won a $27.75 million judgment for a vicious beating he took in prison. A ...

After more than 20 years of fixed prison terms, the Reagan Tokes law drastically overhauled Ohio’s criminal sentencing rules.

Attacks on prison staff have surged to a record high according to fresh government figures that lay bare the crisis in England and Wales’ overcrowded prisons. There were 10,605 assaults on staff ...

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officials are investigating an attempted homicide after a Kern ...

Attacks on prison staff are at a new high, according to fresh government figures which show worsening conditions across England’s and Wales’ overcrowded prisons. There were 10,605 assaults on staff ...