In response to a public records lawsuit filed by the Reason Foundation, the nonprofit that publishes Reason, a federal judge has ruled the U.S. government can hide findings about whether people who ...

A judge decided Wednesday to keep under seal for a maximum of 60 days the death investigation records of a man who told deputies more than 30 times that he couldn’t breathe while being held down ...

The Virginia Department of Corrections, under scrutiny over the death of an inmate that raised broader questions about conditions at a southwest Virginia prison, is refusing to release public records ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois prison officials say they can't disclose information about the death of an inmate that led to the suspension of several staff members because the department didn't ...

A Michigan man pleaded guilty last week to hacking the computer network of the Washtenaw County Jail, where he modified inmate records in an attempt to have an inmate released early. The man, Konrads ...

Rapper Pooh Shiesty, who was serving a more than five-year prison sentence for a Florida gun charge, has been released from federal prison custody, records show. The 25-year-old rapper, whose legal ...