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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nicole Forsythe, a criminal defense attorney, stands at the entrance to the Wyandotte County Courthouse in Kansas City, Kansas. Nicole Forsythe thought she was doing the right thing when she agreed to ...

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 ...