ALBANY — In a federal civil trial that ended this month, the jury sided with an Albany County jail guard who had been accused ...

PIKEVILLE, Ky. (FOX 56) — A Kentucky prison guard’s recent guilty plea revealed an “unofficial policy” that involved using unreasonable force on inmates seeking protection. Terry Melvin, a former ...

“Mangione’s notoriety likely softened the amount of oppression the guards here would usually dispense because they wanted something from him,” Wright wrote, noting the atypical treatment afforded to ...

It was a “commonplace occurrence” for prison employees to illegally assault inmates, Terry L ... or pretend to hit a guard, which would then subject them to a beating, according to Melvin ...

The Swedish government said Wednesday that it was examining the possibility of sending some inmates to serve their sentences ...

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SCI Huntingdon inmate Vaughn Wright described Mangione ... treatment at the facility was likely a softer version of the prison guards' norm, "because they wanted something from him" and ...

(CN) — An inmate asked the Fourth Circuit to allow him to sue Virginia prison officials based on accusations that guards drove him to a medical appointment while locked in a dog cage. Attorneys for ...

PIKEVILLE, Ky. — A prison guard at the U.S. Penitentiary Big Sandy in Martin County has pleaded guilty to federal charges related a prison policy to abuse inmates seeking protection. Terry Melvin, who ...

At least three prisons have a 50% vacancy rate, with some so short-staffed that they have been incapable of complying with policies on safety, medical treatment and solitary confinement.

And some corrections officers were allowed to converse with their own friends or family members who were locked up. The makeup of the inmate population makes things difficult, too, the report says.