The Justice Department has filed a complaint and proposed consent decree in federal court, and the agreement must still be approved by a judge, the agency said.

The Antioch Police Department was under investigation by the Justice Department after racist text messages between its ...

A federal probe found unlawful and dangerous conditions at the jail that jeopardize the lives of detainees, many of whom have not been convicted of a crime.

The Los Angeles Board of Supervisors voted for an emergency declaration preventing the closure of Los Padrinos, the county’s ...

Advocates welcome the agreement, a result of investigations after the murder of George Floyd. But Trump has a record of ...

South Korea’s acting leader on Friday accepted the resignation of the chief of the presidential security service, Park ...

The U.S. Justice Department announced that it has entered into a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s most populous ...

The U.S. Department of Justice said Friday it has reached a proposed consent decree with Fulton County over jail conditions ...

The winding road to finalization of a federal consent decree concerning Oklahoma's treatment of jail inmates judged incompetent to stand trial has taken another twist.

“Our topline goal with this consent decree is to bring the Fulton County Jail within compliance with the U.S. Constitution and federal law,” U.S. Attorney Ryan Buchanan said in an interview Frida ...

The US Justice Department has entered a court-enforceable agreement with Georgia’s Fulton County over jail conditions that ...