Prison-Industrial Complex

A corrections officer was just convicted and sentenced to decades in prison for the repeated sexual assault of multiple inmates while being HIV positive.

An Arkansas woman who killed an attacker in self-defense now faces years in prison for using a gun to kill the man because she was once caught with a plant.

The grandson of a former governor has avoided jail time despite there being "sufficient evidence" that he raped a young woman he went to school with.

A homeless man was arrested after he was accused of using a counterfeit $10 bill at Burger King, and he was forced to sit in jail for 3 months until police realized the money was real.

Police departments across the country could soon have access to facial recognition technology in the Breathalyzer tests they give and the body cameras they wear.

A former inmate has made a mini-documentary in an attempt to expose the ongoing corruption within a jail that has failed to hold its staff accountable for torturing and murdering inmates.

Counties across Oregon are passing so-called Second Amendment Preservation ordinances in response to the proposed gun control measure known as Initiative Proposition 43 which they say is designed to take their guns.

The Louisiana Sheriff's Association admitted that thousands of inmates have been sitting in jail, awaiting a trial for more than a year.

A Miami 7-year-old was arrested, kidnapped, and transported to a mental health facility after his teacher claimed he hit her and knocked her down.

The DOJ has rescinded a legal guidance that requires courts to stop the imprisonment of poor individuals because they cannot pay court fines and fees.