FILE PHOTO: The Van Cise-Simonet Detention Center, also known as the Denver Downtown Detention Center. A Denver Sheriff’s Deputy was suspended for 18 days for hitting an inmate in the head. On June 30 ...

CLOSED AT 4:00. THIS AFTERNOON. A NEW REPORT BY THE NEBRASKA STATE AUDITOR TODAY FINDS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS OVERSPENT ON THE MEDICAL COSTS OF INMATES. AUDITOR MIKE FOLEY SAYS THAT SOME OF THOSE COSTS ...

SEATTLE — A Washington agency settled a lawsuit from a coalition of 13 counties after its sudden decision last month to suspend intakes of new offenders. Lewis County prosecutor Jonathan Meyer said ...