Death on a Prison Bus: Extradition Companies’ Safety Improvements Lag

By ELI HAGER and ALYSIA SANTO March 23, 2017 More than 20 prisoners were shackled and packed tightly on a privately operated bus as it zigzagged from Wisconsin to Georgia this month. The men and women were being extradited to faraway jurisdictions...

Jury Awards Millions in Case of Man Left to Die of Broken Neck in Oklahoma Jail

By DANIEL VICTOR March 22, 2017 A federal jury awarded $10.25 million this week to the family of an Army veteran who spent his final days immobilized in an Oklahoma jail as guards and medical providers doubted his claims that his neck was broken. The man,...