The man accused of intentionally setting the Oak Fire was released from the Mariposa County jail in a wheelchair on Monday.

An incarcerated Missouri man with a disability who hasn't properly bathed for more than 160 days will be “immediately” given a wheelchair-accessible shower in jail, a judge ruled this week. Anthony ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A suspect in a violent crime who was allowed back on the streets after a jail refused to take him because he was in a wheelchair will face a judge Tuesday. Officials said 28-year-old ...

Recently released footage from inside the jail cell of the "Golden State Killer" shows the elderly man, who seemed to rely on a wheelchair in court, is quite capable of standing on his own – and even ...

Personal mobility aids are no longer allowed inside the Harris County Jail after a loaded pistol was found inside a prisoner’s personal wheelchair, where the gun had been hidden for more than a month.

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HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A former Horry County jail inmate paralyzed from the waist down was “forcefully propelled, slammed and thrust” around a booking cell and denied a wheelchair, according to a ...

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — A Connecticut woman who deliberately dumped an 83-year-old woman she was caring for out of a wheelchair has pleaded guilty and avoided jail. The Hartford Courant reports that 62 ...

A state inspection found that Harris County Jail officials failed to search a prisoner’s wheelchair when he was booked in October, allowing the man to smuggle a loaded handgun into the facility. The ...

A former inmate at Western Tidewater Regional Jail who claims he was pepper-sprayed while handcuffed to a wheelchair filed a federal lawsuit against two officers he says are responsible for the ...

An inmate at the Harris County Jail was found to be hiding a loaded handgun in his wheelchair on Tuesday, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Jail staff uncovered the handgun Tuesday ...

HOUSTON — A Harris County Jail inmate arrested more than a month ago had a gun hidden inside his wheelchair, the sheriff's office said. Tyrone Kennedy, 53, was arrested for violating his parole on Oct ...