Disability rights advocates have warned that a Supreme Court case involving death row inmates could have serious consequences ...

LINCOLN — A Nebraska group that advocates for the disabled has joined the call for reforms in the use of solitary confinement in state prisons and for better mental health care behind bars. Disability ...

Disability rights groups, backed by one of the state's largest law firms, Holland & Knight, have filed a federal lawsuit against the state Department of Corrections, alleging systematic abuse and ...

Dr. Megan Carter, left, addresses reporters after speaking at an Indiana Parole Board clemency hearing for Benjamin Ritchie on May 12, 2025. Disability rights advocates said Indiana death row inmate ...

Regarding the news reports stating that according to Lisa McEvers, North Dakota labor commissioner, "it's too soon" to tell whether Cass County jail inmates can be barred from filing discrimination ...

States can sometimes be sued for damages by disabled inmates, the Supreme Court ruled yesterday in resolving the first clash over states' rights under Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. In a unanimous ...

U.S. Supreme Court Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito appeared inclined to side with the state of Alabama during ...