As a young man incarcerated in the Department of Correction, Shakur Collins refused visits from his mother for about a year and a half, just to avoid having to be strip-searched. “ What that does is ...

In a precedential opinion, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that a Delaware prison's blanket policy of conducting thrice-daily visual cavity searches of inmates held in isolation ...

Three former and current female employees of the Virginia Department of Corrections are pursuing a class-action lawsuit against the agency, saying its policies on body scanners discriminate against ...

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