The ruling allows the jail's medical contractor to continue altering inmate prescriptions as it deems fit
The city's newly appointed prisons commissioner says he is taking the allegations seriously and is ready to act
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The suit alleges a "long-standing culture of disregard for the rights" of corrections officers
The state has been hit with $2.5 million in contempt fines over the past 6 years; now the case goes back to court
Supervisors will now “visually account” for each prisoner at 15-minute intervals and keep crews closer together
Accounts from staff, inmates detailing major deficiencies in safety protocols were deemed credible
A swastika was left at a table where the former mental health worker was known to eat in the jail's break room
She said that the move would be too 'disruptive,' but acknowledged the likelihood of an eventual reversal
After assaulting officers, four inmates tried to argue that their administrative punishments could not be combined with criminal prosecution
Deshunta Miller cites chronic staffing shortages and broken cell doors that left her vulnerable to attack
The 2018 riot raged for more than seven hours at Lee Correctional Institution, leaving 7 inmates dead and more than a dozen injured
The move makes New Jersey one of just a handful of states with detailed policies on housing and providing medical care to trans prisoners
The settlement request comes more than three years after the deadliest prison riot in the U.S. in 25 years
The case raised the question of whether the officers could be sued and held liable for using force
Daniele Tavenner is accusing her former supervisor of attempting to coerce her into a sexual relationship
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