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Four inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail have filed a lawsuit after they said they were unknowingly prescribed an anti-parasitic drug to treat their COVID-19.

Three people are suing Oklahoma County jail employees who investigators found forced them to stand handcuffed for hours and listen to the children’s song “Baby Shark” on repeat.

Inmates at a northwest Arkansas jail have been prescribed ivermectin to combat COVID-19, despite warnings from federal health officials that the antiparasitic drug should not be used to treat the coronavirus.

California is giving 76,000 inmates the opportunity to leave prison earlier

Inmates at a St. Louis jail set fires, caused flooding, broke out fourth-floor windows and tossed a stationary bike, chairs, mattresses and other things

A U.S. judge says the IRS can’t keep withholding coronavirus relief payments from incarcerated people, potentially clearing the way for at least 80,000 checks totaling more than $100 million to be sent to people behind bars in the United States. The ruling gives the IRS until Oct. 24 to reconsider the payments for those who were denied or had their...

What is it like to experience the pandemic behind bars? NBC 6 got exclusive access to some women who can help paint the picture.  Carrie Johnson was just released from the Homestead Correctional Institution last month, and she described the situation as terrifying. “It was like wondering if you will make it out alive,” she said.  She was sentenced on burglary...

More than 15,000 inmates in Florida prisons have tested positive for COVID — but what is the impact beyond the numbers? NBC 6’s Stephanie Bertini reports.

More than 8,000 California prisoners will be eligible for an early release program next month to make space for safety measures related to the coronavirus pandemic, the state Corrections Department said Friday.

Tents were set up in the yard of San Quentin State Prison to treat inmates with COVID-19. At least 1,011 cases of the virus have been reported.

The response from the federal Bureau of Prisons to the growing coronavirus crisis in prisons has raised alarm among advocates and lawmakers about whether the agency is doing enough to ensure the safety of the nearly 150,000 inmates serving time in federal facilities.

Coronavirus has become a “get out of jail” card for hundreds of low-level inmates across the country

Three men who escaped an Orange County jail more than a week ago allegedly held a taxi driver hostage, had haircuts and went shopping at a Target while on the run, officials said on Monday.

A former Florida corrections officer is going to prison himself for a tax fraud scheme in which he acknowledged stealing inmates’ identities.

Florida prison officials are hiring an ombudsman to oversee the treatment of mentally ill inmates in the wake of abuse allegations and cover-ups.

State prison officials did some major house cleaning this week in the wake of abuse allegations.