Tag: jail

By sharing our lived experiences, I have seen how incarcerated people can stop the pipeline funneling troubled teens to prison.

"Corrections officers are expected to safeguard the civil rights of prisoners. These officers ignored their duties and must be held to account for their actions.”

"...since this incident, our employees have received comprehensive training in crisis intervention.”

“The FBI will not tolerate correctional officers who violate a person’s civil rights.”

“This kind of incident does create a blemish. It is painful to watch.”

Demonstrators rallied throughout the weekend to protest the conditions at the Metropolitan Detention Center, which is run by the Bureau of Prisons.

In addition to writing a false report after the incident to justify the assault, Prejean was caught on surveillance video repeatedly striking the compliant detainee while ordering his police dog to bite him for no apparent reason.

Philly cops get priority courtroom seats.

Accused of sexually assaulting at least 50 women during his decades-long career, the jury in his retrial found him guilty Thursday of three counts of aggravated indecent assault.

“Innocent people are put in jail every day in the US. According to a recent report from the National Registry of Exonerations at the University of Michigan Law School, 125 falsely accused prisoners were exonerated in 2014.”