Prison inmates joined the thousands of firefighters working to battle the massive, fast-moving Hughes Fire near Los Angeles, ...

A fast-moving California fire has forced authorities to evacuate part of a 5,000-person jail in Los Angeles County. The ...

Staff vacancies require corrections officers to work at least 16- or 24-hour shifts, and the stress of mandatory overtime takes a toll.

Former Syrian detainee Mohammed Najib has suffered for years from torture-induced back pain. Yet he dreaded being taken by ...

President Donald Trump has revoked a Biden-era order allowing transgender people to serve in the military. There are an estimated 9,000 to 14,000 transgender troops currently serving.

The fall of the Assad family's five-decade rule in December 2024 leaves behind a legacy of abuse at detention facilities in ...

The fuming free speech-advocating president demanded an apology.

The Uganda Prisons Service has strongly denied allegations that Col (Rtd.) Dr Kizza Besigye, the detained opposition leader, ...

Trump pardoned nearly all of the 1,600 Jan. 6 rioters on Monday. Could the president pardon jailed TV stars Todd and Julie ...

The lawyers formally incorporated the SPLC in 1971, and civil rights activist Julian Bond was named the first president. Dees ...

As conservative groups hail the decision as a return to "biological truth," civil rights organisations argue that these ...

President Donald Trump signed a sweeping executive order late Monday during his first hours in office recognizing only two sexes and preventing government dollars from being spent on what his ...