The Kauai jail and two other facilities in Hawaii have the chairs, which require high levels of force to immobilize inmates ...

Dorsey pleaded guilty and was sentenced to death. During his 17 years in prison, Dorsey maintained his sobriety and become an exemplary inmate. He was chosen to live in the prison’s honor dorm because ...

Homicide is the fourth-leading cause of inmate death in Oklahoma, excluding executions. Emily Barnes, founder of the criminal justice advocacy group Hooked on Justice, said she thinks the numbers of ...

A medical intern is attacked by a mentally ill inmate at Rikers Island in 2014. The mental health clinician who was stabbed in the Vierno Center in July 2023 needed stitches for his wounds.