Reporter sues Riverside County over public records law breach in probe of jail deaths

A coalition of free speech advocates claims the Sheriff’s Department has blocked release of public records despite a new law ...

Reporter’s notebook: One man’s autopsy shows the limits of public disclosures on how people die in jail

In prisons and jails, a person’s care is entirely in the hands of the institution. When someone dies in custody, the public ...
The Clarion-Ledger

Mississippi prison murder indictment forgotten for 3 years until a Clarion Ledger reporter called

This article is third in a series of a reporting collaboration by The Marshall Project - Jackson, Clarion Ledger, Mississippi Today, Hattiesburg American and The Mississippi Link. During a routine ...
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78% of those in Shelby County Jail are repeat offenders, report reveals

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The average daily population of downtown and jail east has reached 3,254, according to an October jail ...
Daily Reporter

Indianapolis man charged after two jail inmates overdose

An Indianapolis man who was an inmate in Hancock County Jail has been charged with dealing Fentanyl to two other inmates, who both overdosed, while in jail custody. Both men overdosed, a report stated ...