Criminal defense attorneys in Jackson County, Missouri, have signed an open letter protesting a new security screening system that allegedly denies female lawyers to see their clients in the county ...

Tales of women attorneys and visitors being forced to remove their bras in order to gain entry to the Jackson County jail almost sound too sexist to be true. But no, in fact, the Jackson County ...

Too bad Susan Faludi’s “The Terror Dream” hit the stores before Lori Plato attempted to enter an Idaho courtroom last month. The tireless chronicler of ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first step in a potential lawsuit is now underway against Jackson County, accusing the jail of sexual discrimination and retaliation. Attorneys continue to say changes to ...

In the post-Sept. 11 world of heightened airport scrutiny, Kates, like most travelers, is familiar with the drill: Take off shoes and belts, open the laptop, carry shampoo in 3-ounce bottles. For ...

As far as 74 criminal defense attorneys in Missouri are concerned, the security policy at a county jail seems drafted by a bunch of boobs. The lawyers all signed an open letter Thursday, protesting ...

Ruth Petsch, the head of Missouri's public defender office in Kansas City, told the county's presiding judge last week that the Jackson County Detention Center won't let her staff in to visit their ...