Civil Rights Division
A former Tennessee correctional officer could receive $160,000 in back pay and damages after he was forced to resign for taking Suboxone to treat his opioid use disorder.
The Santa Rita Jail in Alameda County failed to provide proper mental health services to inmates even though dozens of people have committed suicide at the facility.
Watch this spectacular self-own by Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) as he attempts to trip assistant attorney general nominee Kristen Clarke.
Kristen Clarke informed Sen. John Cornyn that the line in the op-ed he'd dug up was satirical.
WHAT'S HAPPENING
Frank Nucera allegedly slammed a Black teen’s head on a door and regularly used racial slurs. His trial raises major questions about police oversight.
Alexander Acosta's record at the Department of Justice and in academia raises some concerns.
Civil rights lawyers want the DOJ to give judges who break the law a taste of their own medicine.
Nimali Henry was only behind bars because she couldn't afford to buy her freedom.
Her plan would also put federal funds into police training and collaborative reform.
Conrad Alvin Barrett was sentenced to 71 months behind bars.