Ernastiaze Moore knew the name of the state prison guard who he alleges sexually assaulted him on two separate occasions at Sullivan Correctional Facility, where he was incarcerated. He remembered the ...

An armed California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation officer stands guard at San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, formerly San Quentin State Prison. California is among the states with an ...

Prosecutors say abuse went "unfettered and unreported" for almost 20 years at Skircoat Lodge.

Thousands of Palestinians held in Israeli prisons are enduring “a systemic, institutionalized policy of torture and abuse,” according to an Israeli human rights organization.

Before the prisoner-abuse scandal, political insiders accused John Kerry of failing to articulate a -coherent- alternative to the President-s war in Iraq. Despite continuing bad news, polls showed ...

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Editor’s note: “Guarded by Predators” is an investigative series exposing rape and abuse by Idaho’s prison guards and the system that shields them. Find the ...

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Ernastiaze Moore knew the name of the state prison guard who he alleges sexually assaulted him on two separate occasions at Sullivan Correctional Facility, where he was incarcerated. He remembered the ...

The director of Idaho's prison system has laid out plans to increase protections against sexual abuse of inmates and to increase accountability for those accused. The move comes after InvestigateWest ...

For nearly a year and a half, Andrea Weiskircher has been pleading with prison officials, state leaders and law enforcement to look at the evidence. In the summer of 2024, Weiskircher accused five ...