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ACLU Finalizes $1.2 Million in Settlements Over Dark-Cell Abuse at Miami Correctional Facility

The payouts cap a five-year ACLU campaign over alleged sensory deprivation in Indiana’s Miami prison.

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

DOJ Opens Civil-Rights Probes Into California and Maine Women’s Prisons Over Transgender Housing Policies

Justice Department Opens Civil-Rights Probes Into Transgender Housing in California and Maine Women’s Prisons

NSW Court Orders Keli Lane to Redraft Prison-Abuse Lawsuit by September 25

ICE Probes Detainee’s Suicide at Moshannon Valley Processing Center

Harvey Weinstein Alleges Medical Neglect and Inhumane Conditions at Rikers Island

Justice Department Condemns Conditions at Georgia's Fulton County Jail

Missouri Prison Video Reveals Fatal Restraint of Inmate

DOJ Report Condemns Georgia Prisons for 'Horrific and Inhumane' Conditions

Arkansas Jail and Health Provider Settle for $6 Million Over Inmate's Death

Justice Department Investigates Sexual Abuse in California Women's Prisons

Justice Department Investigates Tennessee's Trousdale Turner Prison