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New York Agrees to $24 Million Settlement in Death of Inmate Robert Brooks

The payment resolves federal and state lawsuits and represents an unusually large civil award after criminal prosecutions of corrections officers.

Inmate Found Dead at Bellamy Creek Prison Under Homicide Investigation

Search Underway for 70-Year-Old Who Removed GPS From San Diego Reentry Program

Third Death at Michigan Women’s Prison Prompts Push for Independent Probe

Pinal County Seeks Death Penalty for Ricky Wassenaar in Tucson Prison Killings

Manhunt Underway for Inmate Who Escaped Kenosha Correctional Center

Gang-Linked Fight at Eyman’s Rynning Unit Leaves One Inmate Critical

Oregon Settles Abuse Suit With Transgender Prisoner for $295,000

Tory Lanez Files Federal Suit Seeking $100 Million Over 2025 Prison Stabbing

Family Sues CDCR Over Salinas Valley Prison Killing as State Denies Liability

Judge Ends Federal Oversight of Wisconsin Youth Prisons After Reforms Deemed in Compliance

Colorado Budget Writers Reject Prison Bed Funding, Demand DOC Plan

Prison Video Shows Tina Peters Shoving Inmate as Colorado Investigates Incident

Gang-Linked Fight at Georgia’s Washington State Prison Leaves 3 Inmates Dead

Drone Drop of Steak, Crab Legs and Marijuana Intercepted at South Carolina Prison

Four Perryville Inmates Hospitalized After Seizures as Cause Investigated

Tou Thao Released From Federal Custody, Begins Two-Year Supervision

CDCR Probes Attempted Homicide After Attack on Two Officers at Sacramento Prison

Inmate Walks Off VADOC Farm Property in Greensville County, Triggering Search

FCC Advances Plan to Let States Jam Contraband Cellphones in Prisons