The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office gave the Board a report on the first six months of a taser pilot program.

ST. LOUIS — A high-ranking jail official is on leave as the St. Louis City Justice Center investigates excessive use of force against inmates inside their cells. According to multiple sources inside ...

Guernsey's rising prison population has led to an increase in the use of force at the facility, according to the annual report for 2024. Last year the prison saw 33 use of force incidents, up from 20 ...

The Office of the Inspector General reviewed use of force investigations involving prison guards. Investigations were closed without reviewing potentially key evidence. California’s prison system has ...

Investigators said they found at least four policy violations at the Washington Corrections Center for Women in Gig Harbor, involving improper use of pepper spray, delayed response to a suicide ...

A prisoner who was punched in the head seven times by a Clackamas County sheriff’s deputy in a jail cell filed a federal civil rights suit Monday against the county alleging excessive force. Jail ...

OGDEN — Weber County Attorney Christopher Allred has determined that law enforcement authorities were justified in the use of deadly force in four fatal shootings in the county dating to August 2024.

The former officer was accused of entering a home without a warrant and using excessive force to take a man into custody, resulting in serious bodily harm.