In California, lawyers accused staff at the Los Angeles County jail of chaining mentally ill detainees to chairs for days at a time. In West Virginia, people held…
Read more US jails rife with violence, abuse and overcrowdingSPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Three former Illinois prison guards face life behind bars after the 2018 fatal beating of a 65-year-old inmate in a case marked by the unpunished…
Read more Records: Lying officers unpunished in 2018 inmate deathOKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma is suing the Federal Bureau of Prisons for custody of a state death row inmate whom the bureau is refusing to hand over, with…
Read more Oklahoma sues federal prisons for inmate it wants to executeCOLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio Supreme Court upheld the death sentence Wednesday for an inmate who argued her attorneys didn’t properly raise in her defense trauma she experienced,…
Read more Death sentence upheld for killer with gender dysphoria claimHOUSTON — A Texas death row inmate whose case clarified the role of spiritual advisers in death chambers nationwide is scheduled for execution Wednesday, despite efforts by a…
Read more Texas inmate who fought prayer, touch rules to be executed
