HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — Stop Solitary CT is an organization focused on eliminating routine strip searches at correctional facilities in the state as the organization believes these procedures are ...

Rochelle Inselman had just returned to the Shakopee women's prison from Methodist Hospital, where she had undergone a hysterectomy and pelvic repair, when guards did their routine check to see if she ...

The three Lancaster County commissioners appear to favor a review of policies and procedures at the county Youth Intervention Center, as LNP | LancasterOnline’s Tom Lisi reported Thursday. This ...

Note: This story was originally published in February 2023. Rochelle Inselman had just returned to the Shakopee women’s prison from Methodist Hospital, where she had undergone a hysterectomy and ...

The routine strip search of those accused of minor offenses does not violate the Fourth Amendment’s ban on unreasonable searches and seizures whenever the detainee is to be housed within a general ...

Lancaster County Commissioner Alice Yoder on Tuesday called for a comprehensive review of policies and procedures at the Lancaster County Youth Intervention Center after officials recently ended a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Staff at Colorado’s juvenile detention centers violated policies meant to protect youth during strip searches more than 1,000 times during nine months ...

A Muslim inmate who was strip-searched by a transgender guard at a Wisconsin men’s prison has filed a federal lawsuit saying the search violated his faith and freedom of religion. A three-judge panel ...

Mr. Blackwell and Ms. Sax are reporters. Mr. Blackwell is incarcerated in Washington State. Tracy McCarter remembers vividly the first time she was strip-searched. On Rikers Island in New York, she ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, Mich. – 20 women inmates at the prison in Washtenaw County provided their experience with corrections officers using body cameras while conducting strip searches in a lawsuit. A ...

Good news, parents: If you let your kids wait in the car for less than 10 minutes on a cool day — doors locked and fan on — a caseworker and sheriff are actually not allowed to come to your home, ...