The U.S. Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers ...

U.S. District Judge Tom Lee called the former officers’ actions “egregious and despicable” and imposed sentences near the top ...

The Justice Department will investigate whether the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department engaged in a pattern or practice of ...

WASHINGTON, D. C. - The U.S. Department of Justice has awarded $2 million to Cuyahoga County and $500,000 to Medina County in ...

Wisconsin Books to Prisoners was formed in the fall of 2006 and has delivered more than 70,000 books to the state's inmates.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a civil rights investigation into the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department following ...

This investigation is separate and independent from the federal criminal civil rights prosecutions of Rankin County deputies ...

The investigation comes after Rankin County sheriff's deputies and a Richland police officer, called the "Goon Squad," were sentenced to federal prison.

The US Department of Justice (USDOJ) has filed a US$100m civil claim in the US District Court for the District ...

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