The feds sued Utah over poor care for trans prisoners. Lawmakers now look to end treatment altogether.
A bill to stop incarcerated people from accessing gender-affirming health care comes amid a Justice Department lawsuit ...
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Former Broad River Correctional nurse assistant faces new drug trafficking charges
Additional arrest warrants were released Thursday for a former nurse assistant at Broad River Correctional Institution that ...
Inmate, staff members at Upstate Correctional Facility hospitalized after exposure to 'unknown substance'
The Corrections Department tells NBC5 that three correctional officers and two nurses became ill after interacting with an ...
Walker County corrections officer to plead guilty in Tony Mitchell’s death, 2 other assaults
According to court documents made available Tuesday, Benjamin Daniel Shoemaker has entered into a plea agreement on one count ...
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Former Broad River Correctional nurse assistant faces new drug trafficking charges
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WCIV) — Additional arrest warrants were released Thursday for a former nurse assistant at Broad River Correctional Institution that is being charged with trafficking drugs into ...
Family of man who died in custody files lawsuit against Olmsted County jail staff, health care provider
The family of a 59-year-old man, who died while in the Olmsted County Adult Detention Center in March 2023, has filed a federal lawsuit, alleging Advanced Correctional Healthcare staff and ADC jail ...
Family of man who died in Olmsted County jail files suit in federal court over his death
The lawsuit alleges Olmsted County deputies and a nurse didn’t provide proper care to Melvin Bush, 59, who died in March 2023 ...
Former Walker Co. jailer says he used Tony Mitchell’s conditions to try to get raise, agrees to plead guilty
Mitchell died on Jan. 26, 2023, two weeks after Walker County Sheriff deputies were called to his house on a mental health ...
Washoe County expands opioid treatment programs in jail partnership with NaphCare
The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, in collaboration with NaphCare, Inc., has announced the expansion of its ...
Idaho man broke his hand in prison fight, said IDOC refused care. He pleaded guilty to battery
An Idaho prisoner who argued that he was retaliated against for speaking to the Idaho Statesman has accepted a plea deal for ...
Corrections director advocates for embattled state agency: 'Prison is not Disneyland'
As the DOC asks for a 1.7% budget increase, the agency and its leader are the target of legislation intended to spotlight ...
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Virginia prisons 'dangerously understaffed,' consultants find
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.