Tyler Robinson's attorneys want him to appear in court unshackled and in plain clothes, arguing restraints and jail garb ...

An agreement has been hammered out to address safety concerns raised by Allegheny County corrections officers transporting ...

UTICA, N.Y. — Wednesday was the third day of the trial of the three former Marcy Corrections Officers accused of murdering inmate Robert Brooks.

CURTIS LEE ERVIN had not seen the moon in 38 years. He was arrested in November 1986, and - until about a year ago - had ...

An effort to overturn a voter-approved ban on the use of leg-shackles and other equipment at Allegheny County Jail took a small step forward Tuesday — despite warnings from some officials that the ...

Both the prosecution and the three defense lawyers for the Marcy Prison Trial have made their opening statements to the jury.

Francisco Garcia, a 23-year-old inmate at Lerdo Jail, escaped custody this past Saturday around 11 p.m. while attending a medical appointment.

The correctional officers' union at the Allegheny County Jail wants to reinstate leg shackles for hospital transports. "We've had officers kicked in the head trying to restrain somebody. They've ...

A policy requiring correction officers to intervene if another employee is using excessive force will be part of the criminal ...

A better van-tage point. Wild video showed a shirtless and shackled inmate hanging out the back of a corrections van as it sped down an Oklahoma freeway — while the man begged for help from drivers.

Dominique Strauss-Kahn, the International Monetary Fund director accused of trying to rape a hotel maid, will travel to his Friday grand jury hearing alone and in handcuffs and shackles, not because ...