"In a multi-part series, The Seattle Times has found that almost 300 sex offenders in the state of Washington are detained indefinitely in a civil-commitment program. The center protects society from these predators, but is has been plagued by runaway legal costs, a lack of financial oversight and layers of secrecy"

After spending some time in the Delaware County jail, Edwina King was approached by other female inmates, they needed her help. "According to a federal civil rights suit, employees of the Delaware Country Sheriff's Office were abusing the inmates, including rape, sodomy, sexual battery and blackmail. County officials recently settled the lawsuit for $13.5 million."

However, The Tulsa World learned that King had letters from the inmates accounting more abuse. She was scheduled to meet with an attorney, but she never showed. Edwina King was found dead, the cause officials say was suicide, but King's family ...

"White criminals seeking presidential pardons over the past decade have been nearly four times as likely to succeed as minorities, a ProPublica examination, co-published with The Washington Post, has found.

Blacks have had the poorest chance of receiving the president's ultimate act of mercy, according to an analysis of previously unreleased records and related data."

Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, found that "California prisons have paid doctors and mental health professionals accused of malpractice an estimated $8.7 million since 2006 to do no work at all or to perform menial chores like sorting mail, tossing out old medical supplies and reviewing inmate charts for clerical errors."

"At least 30 medical professionals have collected their six-figure salaries for a cumulative 37 years...."

Investigative reporter Wendy Halloran, from KPNX 12 News in Phoenix, spent months digging into the suicide of a mentally ill prisoner in Arizona’s prison system. What was uncovered is startling.

After correctional officers found the prisoner dying from self-inflicted wounds, they did nothing. Some might say inadequate first aid training, suicide prevention and suicide detection of correctional staff within Arizona's prison system are to blame.

To view the two-part series, click here and here.