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 ...

A Pinellas County detention deputy was arrested and fired after investigators say he punched a restrained inmate in the chest ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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LIBERTY, Ky. (AP) - Officials say a Kentucky jail inmate is dead after he was found unresponsive in a restraint chair. The Advocate-Messenger reports that Casey County Coroner Curt Demrow says 34-year ...

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 ...

A prison officer holding an inmate who died in a “restraint-related” incident described him as a “bucking bronco” in his police interview, an inquest heard. Azroy Dawes-Clarke, 28, from Romford, east ...

A home office doctor has warned jurors about the “complex” restraint-related death of a father-of-four prisoner, an inquest heard. Azroy Dawes-Clarke, 28, from Romford, east London, was an inmate at ...